BizNomic

Tata Motors, the world’s fourth largest truck manufacturer, has hired Carl Peter Forster, former Europe head of General Motors Co, as the Chief Executive Officer. He will be in charge of Indian operations, both local and exports, along with the U.K. based premium brands Jaguar and Land Rover which were acquired in 2008. Forster, 55, will work out of Mumbai, and have “overall responsibility” of the company’s global operations. Tata Motors’ global operations also comprise Hispano Carrocera –the Spanish bus maker it completed acquiring in October 2009–and its South Korean commercial vehicle venture, Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Co.

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