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Robert Socia To Head GM South Africa GM And Delta Motor Co. Agreement Pending Government Approval
 

Miramar, FL - General Motors Corp. announced that Robert Socia will be appointed president and managing director of General Motors South Africa (GMSA) and that Jeffrey S. McGuire will be appointed director of human resources, GMSA. These appointments are subject to final government approval of GM's proposal to purchase the remaining 51 percent of Delta Motor Co. (Delta). GM purchased 49 percent of Delta in 1997. Socia would succeed Willie Van Wyk, managing director of Delta, who has elected to leave the company in order to pursue other interests but will assist in the transition. "Willie Van Wyk started at Delta as director of sales and marketing and his leadership and performance led to his appointment as managing director in 1992," said Maureen Kempston Darkes, GM group vice president and president of GM's Latin America, Africa, Middle East region. "He has done a great job of leading Delta to a prominent place in the industry and leaves a very solid, competitive company."

Prior to this assignment, Socia has been a vice president of GM Europe in charge of worldwide purchasing in Russelsheim, Germany since 1999. He also served as the chairman of GM-Fiat Worldwide Purchasing since the establishment of the purchasing joint venture in the fall of 2000.

Socia, 49, began his career with the Cadillac Division of General Motors in 1975 in finance before moving into the purchasing function. He has held a number of purchasing and materials management positions for the former BOC Group, Cadillac and GM do Brasil before becoming executive director of chemicals at GM's worldwide purchasing.

Socia has a bachelor's degree in business from Oakland University and an MBA from the University of Detroit Mercy.

Prior to this assignment, McGuire, 36, was the personnel director of GM's Fort Wayne Truck Assembly Plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He began his career with GM as a college graduate in training at the Shreveport, Louisiana Truck Assembly Plant in January, 1989 upon graduation from Louisiana State University in 1988.

He worked in a variety of positions in human resource and labor relations in GM's truck group and in Jan. 2001 was appointed personnel director of GM's Linden Assembly Plant. He moved to the Fort Wayne operation in April of 2002.

(January 21, 2004)