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Ex-Burger King Exec Tapped to Succeed GM HR Chief
John Quattrone, General Motors Co.’s senior vice president of global human resources, is retiring Sept. 1 after a 41-year career with the carmaker.
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John Quattrone, General Motors Co.’s senior vice president of global human resources, will retire Sept. 1 after a 41-year career with the carmaker.
Quattrone (left) will be succeeded by Jose Tomas (right), who most recently headed HR for Anthem Inc., a Indianapolis-based health insurance provider. Tomas previously spent nine years at Burger King Corp., where he headed HR during several transitions between public and private ownership. He also headed the fast food giant’s American and Caribbean operations.
Tomas, who left Anthem (formerly known as WellPoint) in April after three years, also had senior HR positions at Ryder Systems and Publix Super Markets. He has degrees in business administration and human resource management from Florida International University.
Quattrone started his career at GM’s Fisher Body plant in Syracuse, N.Y. He was appointed to his current positon three years ago as part of senior staffing changes implemented by CEO Mary Barra. During his subsequent tenure, which started at the height of GM’s ignition-switch recall crisis, the company’s hourly and salaried U.S. workforce grew 7% and 40%, respectively.
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