Suryadevara's appointment to replace Chuck Stevens puts GM in an elite group of companies that have a woman in both the CEO and CFO roles.
The automaker has been retooling factories to prepare for the launch of new full-size pickups.
The automaker's operating results were "very strong, and actually great" in the quarter and for the full year, CFO Chuck Stevens says.
The automaker expects to return to growth in 2019 as its new range of high-margin trucks goes into production.
“Strong results in North America and China, solid improvement in South America and continued growth of GM Financial drove another strong quarter."
“The bears argue the industry in the U.S. has peaked and is ready to roll over," says GM's CFO Chuck Stevens. "We don't subscribe to that view."
CFO Chuck Stevens discusses major financial, strategic, and cultural changes under way at General Motors.
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Chuck Stevens had been finance chief of the General Motors North America unit.
