Tata Motors appoints GM’s Karl Slym as MD

Tata Motors has appointed Karl Slym, who quit as the executive vice president of General Motors' joint ventures in China, as managing director. He succeeds PM Telang who superannuated from the company in June this year.

''Slym shall lead all operations of Tata Motors in India and international markets, including South Korea, Thailand, Spain, Indonesia, South Africa. Jaguar Land Rover would continue to be managed independently,'' Tata Motors said in web site release.

Karl Slym, who was executive vice president and board member of SGMW Motors, China (a GM joint venture). left the company on Tuesday, after less than a year he joined the company, to join Tata Motors as managing director.

Prior to this, Slym was president, managing director and board member of GM in India. He has had a 17 year career in General Motors in various positions in various geographies.

Slym, an alumnus of Stanford University and a Sloan Fellow, is expected to take over charge at Tata Motors on 1 October.

Tata Motors, India's largest automobile company, with consolidated revenues of Rs1,65,654 crore ($ 32.5 billion) in 2011-12, operations in the UK, South Korea, Thailand, Spain and South Africa through associates and group companies. It also owns the Jaguar Land Rover business comprising two iconic British brands.