The transformation of the automobile industry with focus on GM

Carol Stephenson is a Corporate Director. From 2003 to 2013, she was the Dean of the Ivey Business School at Western University. She was President and Chief Executive Officer of Lucent Technologies Canada from July 1999 to February 2003. Prior to that, she held a number of executive positions with Bell Canada and BCE Media, and from 1995 to 1998, she was CEO of Stentor Resource Centre Inc.

Ms. Stephenson is a Director of General Motors Company, and Maple Leaf Foods Inc. Ms. Stephenson is a graduate of the University of Toronto, has completed the Executive Program at the Graduate School of Business Administration, University of California, and the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University.

 In 2000, she was awarded an honorary doctorate in engineering from Ryerson Polytechnic University and in 2016, an honorary doctorate from Western University. She has also received several industry awards, including induction into Canada’s Telecommunications Hall of Fame and induction into the London and District Business Hall of Fame. In 2009, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. Carol will talk about the transformation of the automobile industry with focus on GM.