Executive’s Bio T GM China Raymond Bierzynski Executive Vice President SAIC-GM-Wuling Raymond (Ray) Bierzynski was appointed executive vice president of SAICGM-Wuling, GM China’s manufacturing joint venture with SAIC and Wuling Motors, on October 1, 2012 He is based at SAIC-GM-Wuling’s headquarters in Liuzhou, Guangxi Bierzynski was previously executive director of Electrification Strategy for GM China since June 1, 2011 Based in Shanghai, he was responsible for coordinating and accelerating the commercialization of electrification technologies in the world’s largest vehicle market Prior to returning to Shanghai in 2011, Bierzynski was GM’s executive director, Global HV AC/PT Cooling, since November 2009 Bierzynski had earlier held the post of vice president, Engineering, for GM Asia Pacific and executive director, China Engineering, since November 2007 He served as president of the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC) from 2004 to 2007 Bierzynski began his career with GM in 1978 with the Cadillac Motor Car Division in Detroit and also worked in Exterior Components for the Cadillac/Luxury Car Group In 1997, he moved to the Mid/Lux Car Group Warren as director of Exterior He later served as director of Architecture Integration Design for Car Group Engineering before becoming executive director of Advance Purchasing, where he led the engineering and advance purchasing process Bierzynski has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Kettering University and a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard University He also participated in an executive development program at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management In 2006, he received the Magnolia Award, which is given by the Shanghai government in recognition of outstanding social, economic and cultural contributions to the municipality by foreign experts, scholars and entrepreneurs, for his efforts to strengthen PATAC and promote technical exchanges between China and other countries ... served as director of Architecture Integration Design for Car Group Engineering before becoming executive director of Advance Purchasing, where he led the engineering and advance purchasing process... a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard University He also participated in an executive development program at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management In 2006,