I8ABMR

Hyundai and Kia hired away people from BMW and Audi and now its time for Infiniti !!!!




http://www.autoblog.com/2013/08/19/i...-from-porsche/

Just weeks before he was supposed to become CEO of Porsche Cars Australia, Infiniti has apparently offered Porsche COO and Executive Vice President Michael Bartsch a deal he couldn't refuse. Thus, Bartsch has join the company as Vice President of Infiniti Americas, the luxury marque's top North American post. Bartsch replaces Ben Poore, who has been with the automaker since 2008, having led both a 22-percent sales surge in 2012 and the brand's current sales slough, Automotive News reports.

Bartsch, Porsche's No. 2 US executive, has held the COO and Executive Vice President positions at Porsche since 2005 and was scheduled to become CEO of Porsche's Oz division on September 1. Infiniti has experienced a number of recent personnel changes in the past week: it named Vincent Gillet, formerly an executive for Starwood Hotels & Resorts, to lead its marketing efforts worldwide and Simon ***, a former designer for automakers including Ford and Peugeot, to head a new design studio in London.

84Cressida

Infiniti's CEO is from Audi. He's the doofus who came up with the "lets name everything Q" strategery.

NYKnick101

since Porsche hasn't changed anything from their cars in decades, I don't see any good this will do infiniti. Its all politics anyway once your that high up so i doubt there will be any major changes

I8ABMR

Look what German blood has done for Hyundai and KIA. I am excited to see what they do with Infiniti .

Hoovey689

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Let's pray Infiniti does something about their marketing which suffice to say is lacking