Carl peter forster biography of williams

British businessman (b.1954)

Carl-Peter Edmund Moriz Forster^[1] (born 9 May 1954, in London), is a British businessman. Forster was the group Chief Executive of Tata Motors between January 2010^[2] and 9 September 2011.^[3]

Born in London, Forster was raised in London, Bonn and Athens.

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His father was a German diplomat. Forster holds degrees in Economics from Bonn University, and in Aviation and Space Technology from Technical University of Munich.

Career

On graduation in 1982, Forster joined McKinsey as a consultant in Munich.

BMW

In 1986, he joined BMW where he held various leadership positions before becoming managing director of BMW South Africa in 1996, and the board member responsible for all vehicle development projects in 1999.

General Motors

In April 2001, Forster was appointed chairman and managing director of Adam Opel AG. In June 2004 he became President of GM Europe, based in Zurich, Switzerland, and Ch Board of Directors - Vesuvius, carousel GAL