Peter Hanenberger

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Peter Hanenberger (* 1942 in Wiesbaden ) is a German manager .

Career

He began as an apprentice at the Opel development center in Rüsselsheim at the age of 16 . He spent the next 45 years in various positions at the US automobile company General Motors (GM) and its subsidiaries Opel and Holden in Australia.

Before retiring in his native Wiesbaden on December 31, 2003, he was General Manager of Holden. As a farewell present, Holden employees gave Hanenberger a specially made Holden Monaro sports coupé with left-hand drive and special equipment.

During his time as General Manager of Holden, Hanenberger was also responsible within GM's regional unit "Asia-Pacific", in particular for the GM factory in Rayong ( Thailand ), in which Holden held 23% of the capital, and when he joined Daewoo Motors by General Motors as GM Daewoo Auto & Technology (GM DAT) in 2002. Hanenberger took over the position of "director" at GM DAT and acted as a consultant for the development of the Korean automaker.

In addition to his functions within GM, Hanenberger also held positions of responsibility at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and was President of the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries , the chamber of the Australian automotive industry.

Hanenberger was already active from 1976 to 1982 as a deputy unfortunately at the technical development center of Holden, where he made a name for himself in the development of the "Radial Tuned Suspension" and earned the nickname "Handlingberger".

In 1992 Hanenberger became "GM vice president" and "Executive Vice-President", which was later dissolved again by General Motors International Operations (GMIO). Hanenberger became Chief Technology and Development Officer at Opel.

Hanenberger was criticized for a radical austerity policy that led to quality problems and thus caused the downfall of Opel. Hanenberger also got between the fronts in the internal GM conflict and power struggle between Opel-Rüsselsheim and GM's European headquarters in Zurich.

In 1998, at the request of GM's Detroit headquarters, Hanenberger was to be elected CEO of Adam Opel AG , but fell through on the supervisory board. Instead, Robert Hendry , then head of the Swedish GM subsidiary Saab, was appointed chairman of the board.

Half a year later the Supervisory Board refused to extend Hanenberger's two-year contract as of June 1, 1999 as Chief Technology Officer. Hanenberger was in a sense deported to Australia, where he succeeded.

Private

Hanenberger is married and has two sons.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c David Sedgwick: Peter Hanenberger ( English ) In: Autonews . February 1, 2001. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  2. ↑ Ian Porter: Holden CEO steps out of driving seat ( English ) In: The Age . December 31, 2013. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ a b Chris Harris: Holden Monaro - Hanenberger's hot farewell present ( English ) In: GoAuto.com.au . December 18, 2003. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  4. ↑ Holden Media: Holden's Peter Hanenberger to Retire After 45 Years With GM ( English ) In: HRT433 - Online Holden Archive . July 24, 2003. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 15, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hrt433.com
  5. ^ A b John Mellor: Hanenberger's doing fine Down Under ( English ) In: Autonews Europe . October 8, 2001. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  6. ^ Opel: Hanenberger leaves the board . In: manager magazin . April 20, 1999. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  7. ^ A b Opel: Hanenberger deported down under . In: Spiegel Online , SpiegelNet GmbH, April 26, 1999. Retrieved September 15, 2013. "However, Hanenberger's red pen policy was seen by many in the management and above all by the works council as the reason for the carmaker's quality problems" 
  8. ↑ Diana T. Kurylko: Why it's so hard to run Opel . In: Autonews Euroe . January 29, 2001. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  9. ↑ a b Chaos reigns . In: Spiegel Online , SpiegelNet GmbH, October 26, 1998. Retrieved September 15, 2013. 
  10. ^ A b Wolf Pampel: Opel: Trench warfare in the executive suite ended . In: Spiegel Online , SpiegelNet GmbH, April 20, 1999. Accessed September 15, 2013. 
personal data
SURNAME Hanenberger, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manager
DATE OF BIRTH 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiesbaden