D. Nick Reilly

President,
GM Europe

Nick Reilly was appointed president of GM Europe, effective December 4, 2009. Based in Rüsselsheim, Germany, he is responsible for all operations of Opel/Vauxhall worldwide and has oversight for other GM activities in Europe such as Chevrolet Europe.

Reilly had served as GM executive vice president and president of GM International Operations since July 10, 2009. He was also chairman of both the GM Daewoo Auto and Technology Company and Shanghai GM.

Reilly began his GM career in 1975 with the former Detroit Diesel Allison Division in the United Kingdom. From 1978 to 1984, he held various assignments with General Motors in Belgium, the United States and Mexico.

Returning to England, he moved to Vauxhall Motors as general operations manager, Aftersales. He later held the post of Vauxhall supply manager and was appointed a director of the company in 1986.

In 1987, Reilly was named vice president of Operations and a member of the board of directors of GM's IBC vehicle joint venture with Isuzu in Luton, England. In 1990, he was appointed director of Manufacturing at Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant. Four years later, he became vice president of Quality and Reliability for GM Europe in Zurich, Switzerland, and a member of the GM Europe Strategy Board.

He returned to the U.K. in 1996 as chairman and managing director of Vauxhall and, in 1997, was named a GM vice president. In 2001, Reilly returned to Zurich, Switzerland, as vice president of Sales, Marketing and Aftersales for GM Europe, from where he transferred to Korea to lead GM's transition team in the formation of GM Daewoo, beginning in January 2002. He assumed the duties of president and chief executive officer of GMDAT upon the company's founding in October 2002. He was appointed GM group vice president and president of GM Asia Pacific in July 2006.

A native of the United Kingdom, Reilly is a graduate of Cambridge University. In 2000, he was appointed as a Commander of the British Empire in recognition of his contribution to the U.K. automotive industry. He has advised the U.K. government in the fields of vocational training and integrated transport. He received the Global CEO Grand Prize 2006 from the Korean Academy of International Business.

Reilly serves as deputy chairman of the Seoul International Business Advisory Council, is past chairman of the U.S. National Center for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, and was a member of the U.S. APEC Business Advisory Council.

Revised: 12/09