Ray G. Young is the vice president of GM International Operations, based in Shanghai, China, at General Motors

General Motors

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. He was named to this position effective February 1, 2010.
Previously he served as GM Chief Financial Officer

Chief financial officer

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 (CFO) and Executive Vice President from March 3, 2008 until current CFO Chris Liddell

Chris Liddell

Christopher P. Liddell was the Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of General Motors . Liddell joined GM in January 2010, and led the company’s global finance operations until March 2011....

 moved into the position.
Young has been at GM since the 1980s, moving up the ranks throughout his career having been the head of GM Brasil, CFO of General Motors North America, among other positions. His performance as the GM

GM

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's CFO was deemed "hapless" by Steven Rattner

Steven Rattner

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 (counselor to the secretary of Treasury) in Rattner's book.
Young is of Chinese Canadian

Chinese Canadian

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 heritage.

Early Years and Education

Young was born in Port Elgin, Ontario

Port Elgin, Ontario

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 to immigrant parents from Guangzhou

Guangzhou

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, China

China

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. He studied at the University of Western Ontario

University of Western Ontario

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 and received his MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Rise through GM

He began his career at GM as a financial analyst in 1986 and promoted in 1988 to GM's offices in New York

New York

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. Since then Young has held a number of positions within GM:

• Director of capital markets and foreign exchange services
• Treasurer of GM Europe (Belgium)
• Vice president of finances for CAMI
• GM Liaison with Suzuki
• VP and CFO of GM North America
• President and Managing Director of GM do Brasil
• CFO GM
• Vice President - International Operations