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Chennai-born Dhivya Suryadevara has yet again proved that females are not behind males in anything. Auto industry is male dominated but still, she has achieved a milestone that makes everyone proud of. Dhivya has been named the Chief Finance Officer (CFO) of General Motors and has become the first woman to get the position in the auto industry.
The 39-year-old is currently the vice president, Corporate Finance and will take the new position on September 1. She is an Indian-American and has worked as a chartered financial analyst in reputed companies. She will report to Mary Barra, who has been head of GM since 2014 and is the only woman to run an automobile company.
Barra and Suryadevara are the first women in their respective positions in the auto industry, no other popular auto company has a female CEO, or a CFO who is a female. S&P, Hershey Co. and American Water Works Co. are some other global giants with women serving as CEO and CFO.
Earlier Dhivya played a crucial role in securing a $2.25 billion investment in GM Cruise by Japanese tech giant SoftBank Group Corp, and GM’s investment in San Francisco-based on-demand transportation company Lyft. She has served as CEO and Chief Investment Officer for GM Asset Management from 2013 to 2017.
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Dhivya did her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Commerce from the University of Madras and moved to the US at the age of 22 to pursue her MBA from Harvard University.
“Dhivya’s experience and leadership in several key roles throughout our financial operations positions her well to build on the strong business results we’ve delivered over the last several years,” Barra said in an interview.
