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Brent Dewar has been vice president sales marketing and aftersales for GM Europe since June 1 2008. In this role he leads GM's European brands in the areas of sales marketing brand integration aftersales and the future direction of the distribution network. Additionally he has operational responsibility for GM Europe's national sales companies. Dewar is a member of the GM European Strategy Board and a member of the Saab Automobile Board.
Dewar a native of Vancouver Canada received his bachelor of commerce degree (BCOMM) in 1978 from the University of British Columbia with a major in transportation. In 1986 Dewar received his master of business administration (MBA) degree from York University. Dewar became a U.S. citizen in 2004.
Dewar joined General Motors of Canada in 1978 serving for ten years in a variety of management positions in sales service strategic planning marketing and finance. He came to the U.S. in 1988 joining Chevrolet as manager of strategic planning. He also held several field assignments with Chevrolet before being appointed executive director sales service and marketing for General Motors do Brasil based in Sao Caetano do Sul Brazil.
From April 2000 to March 2003 Dewar was general manager for GM's Northeast Region based in New York. Subsequently he served for two years as general manager of Chevrolet launching an unprecedented ten products in 20 months' time as well as the largest advertising campaign in the division's history Chevrolet: An American Revolution.
In 2005 Dewar was appointed GM North America (GMNA) vice president of marketing and advertising responsible for the marketing of General Motors' corporate messages as well as the advertising for its eight different vehicle brands in the U.S. and global marketing responsibility for the Chevrolet brand.
From March 1 2006 Dewar served as GMNA vice president of field sales service and parts and was also responsible for fleet and commercial order fulfillment and marketing sales support groups. | 