Article: Saab Cars North America appoints Timothy Colbeck as new President and Chief Operating Officer

[nordwulf]

You can view the page at http://saabworld.net/content.php?r=3...rating-Officer

[nordwulf]

Information from the Subaru Media website:

TIM COLBECK - Senior Vice President, Sales
As Senior Vice President of Sales for Subaru of America, Inc., Tim Colbeck is responsible for the company’s regional sales offices, field operations, vehicle planning and logistics, and sales operations. Prior to this position, Colbeck served as the Vice President of Sales for SOA. Before holding that position, he was the Regional Vice President of the Subaru Mid-Atlantic Region, where he was responsible for vehicle and parts sales, fixed operations, market development and administrative activities of the region.

Colbeck was the Director of e-business from 1999 though 2002, prior to his promotion to Regional Vice President. He also served as National Sales Operations Manager from 1997, and prior to that held a variety of management roles at the Mid-Atlantic regional office. From 1987 through 1994, he held several positions at Subaru corporate headquarters in accounting, parts and business planning. Colbeck began his career at Subaru in 1986 as a financial analyst. Prior to joining Subaru, he worked as an internal auditor for Philadelphia Life Insurance Co.

Colbeck holds a bachelor of science degree from St. Joseph’s University and a master’s in business administration from Drexel University.

[nordwulf]

He seems like a loyal guy having worked for Subaru for 25 years. SCNA desperately needs a CEO who is going to stick with the company for a long time. It seems it will be a positive change not having a GM guy running the show at Saab USA.

[SaabBoon]

It's also nice to see that he worked his way up there through the years, didnt come in as a top guy from some other industry. He will have a lot of knowledge that most top execs wont.