GM Export manager

GM South Africa has appointed Rita Kavashe Nariangai as its new export manager. She moves over from heading the sales and marketing department at GM East Africa and will now be responsible for growing GMSA’s exports into the wider African continent. The company has recently announced that it has reached an agreement with Isuzu Motors to look at expanding the movement of its light commercial vehicles into Sub-Saharan Africa
 and beyond its current markets in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and Mauritius.
According to Edgar Lourencon, president and managing director of GM Africa, Naiangai is best suited for the position given her instrumental role in achieving several awards for sales growth in the East African region. Sales in the region grew more than 30% under her leadership.

“As we at GMSA are looking at expanding our footprint into Africa, Rita’s expertise and understanding of the African market is crucial in targeting the right regions,” said Lourencon.

In 2009, the carmaker sold over 151,000 vehicles in Africa.

Naturally out of Africa. 14 October 2010