General Motors announced two new additions to its growing board of directors this week.
Former CEO of Hewlett-Packard Meg Whitman and current NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum joined the American automaker’s board Thursday, bringing the total number of directors on the board to 13. GM says the company’s 12 independent directors have “senior leadership and board experience in information technology, digital commerce, retail, higher education, investment management, international affairs, defense, transportation, cybersecurity, and pharmaceuticals, among others.” Seven GM’s current acting directors are women.
“Our diverse Board of Directors is a competitive advantage for GM as we work to deliver a better, safer and more sustainable world,” GM CEO Mary Barra said in a statement. “Mark and Meg will bring unique experiences to the Board, especially in technology, brand building and customer experience that will help us drive value for shareholders and other GM stakeholders now and into the future.”
Whitman also serves on the boards of consumer goods giant Procter and Gamble and internet file-sharing service Dropbox. In a statement, the 64-year-old said “GM’s growth strategy has all the elements of a startup but with far greater scale, millions of customers and a strong underlying business.”
“This makes it a very exciting time to join the Board,” she added.
In addition to his NBA commissioner role, Tatum also oversees the sports organization’s Global Partnerships, Marketing, Team Marketing and Business Operations and Communications departments. Prior to serving as deputy commissioner, Tatum was the NBA’s Executive Vice President of Global Marketing Partnerships, where he helped negotiate major brand deals with companies like Coca-Cola, Adidas and Nike. Tatum first joined the NBA in 1999.
“GM is changing a more than 100-year-old business model and marshalling thousands of people and billions of dollars to drive solutions that matter for the environment, communities, businesses and investors,” Tatum said. “Joining the Board and helping accelerate that change is an honor and I look forward to working with the GM team and my fellow directors to make it happen.”
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Finally a CONSERVATIVE woman near the top. Maybe she can knock some sense into Mary and get her OUT of bed with EV Biden.
her last company folded last year. she has plenty of time to serve on boards now.
she might be conservative but she isn't a trumper. she compared him to hitler and mussolini. in fact, she voted for clinton.
Do YOU think you have what it takes to be a BETTER board member? She never said he was like Hitler OR Mousollini, she called him a demagogue. BIG DIFFERENCE. Keep spinning the liberal lies!
How about we just call Trump what the people who counted up all the votes after the last election called Trump.
LOSER!
He didn't lose the election. Biden STOLE it.
You're a complete mess... and I'm being nice
Melania Hilton
OK, that would make Trump a Stupid Loser.
Think I’ll stick to just calling Trump a
LOSER!
Meg is a uniparty RINO, at best.
Wonder if either one of them could pass a basic car quiz. I’m reminded of a girl I knew in college. She called me up both outraged and so proud of herself too. She’d just taken her car in for service and the shop had told her she needed new rear brakes. She was certain they were trying to scam her. She explained to me that she was smarter than they thought and just because she was a girl, she wasn’t stupid. I asked why are you so sure they’re trying to scam you and you don’t actually need what they say. Her reply: “Because my car has front disc brakes. They think I don’t know where my brakes are.”
So I wonder if Ms. Whitman and Mr. Tatum understand the fundamentals of the automobile.
I am certain they know NOTHING... Perfect for the GM bored.............
I think you mean board.
No, he MEANT bored. Like Mary when she's in bed with her husband and not Biden.
gm has enough auto experts. they probably brought them in specifically because they don't have an automotive background.
GM brought them in for business and technology expertise especially since EVs will have far more connectivity options and more advanced Infotainment systems.
Why? Trump's going to win in 24 and kill the EV.
No Twitter, No Facebook, No Trump
As Thomas Murphy former GM CEO stated. "General Motors is not in the business of making cars. It is in the business of making money."
it HAS to make money to pay for the UNIONS
These people have time to sit on all these different boards? NBA is a joke.
GM should be trimming fat right now, not adding more like this. Just more money literally wasted. How is there so much confidence in lowercase gm stock right now? Expect it to fall back to reality... just like Tesla is doing.
And firing the EV team. I hope workers cut their charging cords in the employee lot.
About as exciting as having Mary as the CEO.
EV Mary is the worst thing to happen to "gm".
Wall St. seems to differ with you.
Wall Street is run by Soros chosens, not "hitler nazis". Too bad.
Whitman is a disaster. Another sign that GM has lost its way in the auto world.
More board members are not the answer to quality, supply chain and innovation problems. Come to a couple yearly meetings and get paid $300K in stock and cash, what a deal. PR is all this is for boar members, look who we have on our board! BTW CEO $22M.. Sitting under the money tree
ALL women? Better hope the scissors stay on TOP the board room table and don't end up underneath.
If the board is ever ALL women, you better hope the scissors don't fall off the table and end up under it.
there's gonna be a LOT of footsie under THAT board room table.