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DETROIT — General Motors Co. has hired the chief financial officer of Microsoft Corp. to run its troubled finance operations, tapping a cost-cutter who also is a potential candidate for chief executive.
Chris Liddell will become CFO starting next year and report directly to interim CEO Ed Whitacre Jr., who is himself a newcomer to the automaker. The 51-year-old Liddell is the first permanent top manager hired from outside the company since it left bankruptcy protection in July. Whitacre, who says he wants to shake up GM’s slow and rigid culture, has pushed out top executives and promoted younger managers in recent weeks.
Liddell replaces GM CFO Ray Young, who is transferring to China. The Associated Press
