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James A. Bertrand
Vicepresidente de Delphi Corporation
Presidente, Delphi Automotive Holdings Group
Presidente de Sistemas térmicos de Delphi
James A. Bertrand, 51, is a vice president of Delphi Corporation and president of Delphi Automotive Holdings Group as well as president of Delphi Thermal Systems. He is also a member of the Delphi Strategy Board, the company's top policy-making group, and the executive champion for the Corporation's Customer Satisfaction Task Team. He also serves as the executive champion for the Chrysler Corporation customer account.
Bertrand se incorporó a General Motors (GM) en 1979 como ingeniero de productos en GM de Canadá en Oshawa, Ontario, Canadá. Durante los siete años siguientes desempeñó distintos cargos en ingeniería y finanzas, que incluyen actividades de planificación e implementación de la empresa conjunta CAMI con Suzuki Motor Co. y GM de Canadá.
En 1986, Bertrand fue transferido a la oficina de Tesorería de Nueva York, donde, en 1987, se convirtió en gerente de análisis financiero del exterior. Posteriormente, fue ascendido a director de análisis y desarrollo de negocios. En 1989, Bertrand se trasladó a Zurich, Suiza, donde se desempeñó como director de análisis y planeamiento financiero de GM Europa. En 1992, fue ascendido a controlador en Adam Opel AG en Ruesselscheim, Alemania. Bertrand was relocated to Beijing, China, in 1995 and promoted to executive director business development — small cars for GM's International Operations. In this capacity Bertrand was directly responsible for establishing GM's small car presence in China. He was also a member of GM's Asia-Pacific Vehicle Strategy Board, GM's most senior management group in the region.
Bertrand was named executive director of operations for Delphi in June 1997 and elected a Delphi vice president, in charge of operations in November 1998. He was named president of the former Delphi Safety & Interior Systems in January 2000. Asimismo, fue nombrado presidente de Automotive Holdings Group (AHG) de Delphi en enero de 2003. Bertrand mantuvo esta doble función hasta enero de 2004 cuando la consolidación corporativa de la división Safety & Interior le permitió concentrarse exclusivamente en los importantes desafíos competitivos de AHG. The scope of AHG's operations was further expanded in 2006 as a result of Delphi's restructuring decision to dramatically streamline the corporation's global product portfolio. Following the successful rationalization of the majority of AHG's operations and product portfolio, Bertrand assumed additional responsibilities as president, Delphi Thermal Systems in May 2008. Delphi Thermal competes globally in both the automotive and non-automotive sectors. Both divisions are headquartered in southeast Michigan.
Bertrand earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 1979 from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada receiving several academic awards. In 1983, under the GM Fellowship Program, he earned a master's degree in business administration from the Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada.