By Drew Johnson
Friday, Sep 7th, 2007 @ 3:32 pm

Phil Murtaugh, General Motor’s executive vice president of GM’s Chinese joint venture with SAIC Motor Corp., has been named head of Chrysler ’s Asian operations. Murtaugh, a 32-year veteran of GM, will take control on October 1st. Murtaugh has spent the last 15 months running GM’s Chinese venture, one of China’s leading automakers.
In the last month, Chrysler has hired two Toyota executives in an effort to improve the performance of the brand.

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