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Hector Villarreal

Governor

소속 GM Korea   President & CEO

As President and CEO of GM Korea, Hector Villarreal is responsible for executing business growth strategies in Korea, alongside overlooking manufacturing and, domestic and export sales and aftersales in the Korea market.

Prior to his arrival in Korea in August 2023, Hector was based in Mexico where he served as the Vice President of Sales, Service and Marketing for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. In his capacity, he successfully grew the commercial operations of GM Mexico across 4 brands including Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac.

 

Hector joined GM back in 1990 and throughout his 33 years of experience in the automotive industry, he has worked all around the world including Korea, Southeast Asia, Russia, Uzbekistan, other neighboring CIS countries, and Mexico where he held various leadership positions across manufacturing engineering, product planning, program management, sales, and general management.

 

Hector has previously served on the Board of Directors for AMCHAM Thailand and Russia.

 

Hector earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and M.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Monterrey Institute of Technology. Hector is a family man, happily married with three kids. In his free time, Hector enjoys running and golf, and is passionate about different cultures.