August car company personnel changes six "most" Guangzhou Automobile largest

Looking back at the past August, the automobile circle can be described as a “big event.” In the depths, we have experienced the launch of many new cars, Geely and Volvo, Ford and Zotye joint venture, Young Lotus bankruptcy liquidation, Great Wall and JEEP "And other events. Of course, in addition, the changes in the top management of auto companies will continue to affect the industry's nerves. After all, their stay is very relevant to the operation and future development of auto companies. Recently, Gasgoo's combing summary of August's most interesting car executives changes, take a look!

(A) The largest scale: Collective resignation of five senior executives of Guangqi Board of Directors

On August 7, GAC Group announced that it had received letters of resignation from Feng Xingya, Yuan Zhongrong, Yao Yiming, Wu Song and Gao Fusheng. Among them, Feng Xingya applied for resignation of the position of vice chairman; Yuan Zhongrong resigned as executive director, vice chairman and member of the strategic committee of the board of directors; Wu Song resigned as executive director; Yao Yiming resigned as non-executive director; Gao Fusheng resigned as supervisor due to retirement age. Chairman of the Supervisory Committee. The above five other positions held by GAC Group are not affected by this personnel change.

If you say that the highest level of changes in August, the highest car prices, obviously non-GAC is, after all, the phenomenon of collective resignation of the top five executives are rare in the car circle. According to reports, in the middle of last year, some media revealed that the GAC Group has mobilized positions on the “top leaders” of up to eight companies (groups or their subsidiaries). Frequent personnel adjustments inevitably raise questions about whether GAC's organizational structure is really problematic. Through GAC's explanation on this (the company is undergoing institutional reforms, it has improved the corporate governance structure, strengthened the responsibilities and division of labor of the board of directors and management, and improved the quality and effectiveness of the company's operations. Therefore, the company's board of directors has been revised and its composition has been revised). It can be seen that it does not seem to be satisfied with the company's current organizational structure. As to whether this personnel change can bring about the expected results, or whether there will be other related adjustments in the future, it remains to be seen further.

(B) The highest level: FAW and Changan Exchange "Head"

On August 2nd, FAW Group issued an official announcement announcing Xu Liuping to serve as chairman and party secretary of China FAW Group Corporation, and to be removed from the duties of director, general manager, and deputy party secretary of China National Weaponry Equipment Corporation; Xu Ping was appointed as China National Weaponry Equipment Corporation. The chairman of the board of directors and the secretary of the party group removed the chairman of the board of directors and party secretary of China FAW Group Corporation.

If GAC executives change to the largest scale in August, then “Shuang Xu” is the highest level of manager change. This is the result of the inter-regulation between Yan Fengfeng, who had been in charge of FAW in 2015, and Xu Ping, the head of Dong Feng, the head of the company. The second round of personnel adjustment between the three major central enterprises in the domestic automobile industry. For this incident, the media almost fell to focus on what Xu Weiping could bring to FAW. The reason is: Currently, FAW is facing various pressures, such as the lack of product strength in autonomy and overall market pressure, etc. If Xu Liuping is able to Successfully solving this series of problems will be very beneficial to the development of FAW.

(3) No suspense: Jia Yueting will enter Faraday's future top management

On August 4, foreign media reported that Faraday is about to conduct a new round of personnel adjustments in the future. Among them, Jia Yueting, who has not previously held a management position in Faraday, will assume the post of chairman of the global executive committee.

For Jia Yueting, who has been busy with FF91 mass production, entering the Faraday future top management can be said to be "no suspense." Conversely speaking, direct participation in management work once again shows that Jia Yueting is shifting his work focus. According to the latest news, Faraday has rented a new automobile manufacturing plant in Hanford, California. The conversion of the factory site address is to quickly produce Faraday's future electric vehicles. In terms of funding, the situation does not seem to be optimistic. It can be said that whether the company can successfully raise funds in the second half of this year will become the key to achieving the mass production plan. It should also be something Jia Yueting is currently distressing.

(4) Most unexpected: LeTV announced two personnel adjustments at one stroke

On August 22, LeTV announced two high-level personnel adjustments in one fell swoop: Zhang Hailiang was appointed deputy chairman and CEO of LeTV, and Gao Jingshen was LeSEE LeTV China COO. Among them, Zhang Hailiang will be responsible for the top-level strategy formulation and business overall planning in the later period. Gao Jingshen is fully involved in the design and management of LeTV Automotive China's annual business plan, budget and organizational planning, improving the management system, perfecting various management systems, and achieving the goal of achieving annual organizational performance; assisting LeSEE LeTV CEO to jointly establish and implement From the strategy to the closed-loop management system of management and performance; promote the company's overall business plan.

Compared to Faraday’s future that was “preferred”, LeTV in China, although chaired by Jia Yueting, was obviously left out. So when LeTV announced two personnel adjustments in one fell swoop, the people in the circle were somewhat surprised. LeTV said that the company is at a critical stage in the strategic landing. In order to strengthen the closed-loop management of LeTV China from strategic goals to operations, and quickly improve the internal operating efficiency of the company, these two adjustments are made. It seems that LeTV, which was overlooked by the industry some time ago, may be trying hard to "cheat."

(5) The fastest: Dongfeng Citroen executives resigned after only half a year

On March 13, 2017, Ms. Che Yanhua officially assumed the position of deputy general manager of the Dongfeng Citroen brand department and formed a working partner with Mr. Rao Jie, general manager of the Dongfeng Citroen brand department. On August 22, there was news that Che Yanhua will step down as deputy general manager of the Dongfeng Citroen brand and join Volvo. On August 30th, Volvo officially confirmed the news of Che Yanhua joining the company. It will formally join Volvo Cars on September 1st to serve as Vice President of Volvo Cars China Sales Co., Ltd., in charge of the Greater China market.

Although insiders of Dongfeng Citroen said that the departure of Che Yanhua will not affect the established pace of its new product launch, it is obviously very important for us to find the right candidate in the short term to better carry out the following work. Do not know whether Dongfeng Citroen is ready at this point. From the perspective of Volvo, because of the rapid development of its various business segments, its hunger for talent is very large. After Yi Hua, Vice President of Volvo China Sales Co., Ltd., went to support the collar brand, Volvo chose to have the marketing and brand promotion experience of Che Yanhua to replace Yi Han's position, which seems to be a good choice.

(6) Most guess: Two executives of Geely New Energy have resigned

On August 11, some media reported that two senior executives of Geely New Energy have adjusted: Li Yansong, general manager of Geely New Energy Sales Company, has resigned, and Zhuge Huanhuan, deputy general manager, has been acting as general manager. Xu An, the deputy general manager of the new energy sales company from BYD who has joined Geely, has also resigned and it is rumored that he will join the space-time electrics of emerging vehicle makers and new energy travel operators as vice presidents and take charge of marketing.

The good performance since 2017 has allowed Geely to occupy the media headlines. From January to July, Geely sold 621,731 vehicles, an increase of 89% over the same period of last year. Compared with the rapid growth of Geely's passenger vehicles, its performance in new energy vehicles is relatively weak. According to public information, in the past July, Geely's new energy products including Zhidou D2, Emgrand EV, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle Emgrand EC7 totaled 5,541 units, which is still far from the target of 1.8 million vehicles in 2020. From this perspective, insiders will think that it is not without reason that the two high-level resignations are related to this. However, this is only speculation. As for the reasons for the departure of the two general managers, it is still not yet known.