Rumors are already circulating through GM that, Frederick (Fritz) A. Henderson, will replace Wagoner in the not so distant future. If you look at his bio, he's made the rounds, last leading GM's most profitable region Asia-Pacific, and was then sent to bring GME back into the black. The question is not who, but when?
GM Officer Bio:
GM Group Vice President
Chairman, GM Europe
Frederick (Fritz) A. Henderson has been chairman of GM Europe, responsible for General Motors activities in Europe, based in Zurich, Switzerland, since June 2004. He is also a GM group vice president and a member of the GM Automotive Strategy Board.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, on November 29, 1958, Henderson earned a bachelor of business administration degree from the University of Michigan in 1980 and a master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School in 1984.
Henderson started his career at General Motors in 1984 as a senior analyst in the treasurer's office in New York. After holding a variety of financial assignments, he was transferred to GMAC in 1989 as director of mortgage banking. He was promoted to several positions of increasing responsibility until becoming GMAC group vice president of finance in Detroit in 1992.
In 1994, he was appointed executive in charge of operations for the former Automotive Components Group in Pontiac, Michigan, and then became a GM vice president and general manager of Delphi Saginaw in May 1996.
From 1997 to 2000, Henderson was GM vice president and managing director of GM do Brasil with responsibilities for GM operations in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay. In June 2000, Henderson was named group vice president and president of GM Latin America, Africa and Middle East (LAAM) headquartered in Florida, and in January 2002, he moved to Singapore as president of GM Asia Pacific, a position he occupied before being appointed to his current one.