Mover and shaker
13 September 2012
Vauxhall Motors’ director of supply, Karen Leggio, was going to be a sports reporter until she spent a summer working at General Motors. The first woman on the firm’s board tells David Arminas about her strategic approach to work
Late last year a piece of Motown moved to Luton when Detroit-born Karen Leggio arrived at Vauxhall Motors as its director of supply. It is the first position she has held in the boardroom, and the first time that Vauxhall has had a woman at the highest level.
She takes over at a time when Vauxhall’s parent company, General Motors, is set to invest £300 million...