Garrett Motion Inc. announced the appointment of Anthony Lodato as its new vice president and general manager, North America. Lodato, who was appointed earlier this month, will report to Garrett Motion CEO and President Olivier Rabiller. He will also become a member of the Garrett Senior Leadership Team.

Lodato most recently served as senior director of customer management, North America, and remains based at Garrett’s North American headquarters in Plymouth, Michigan.

Lodato is now responsible for driving the success of the company’s business development, its plant operations and sales efforts in North America, according to a company release. He will also maximize the market opportunity for Garrett’s automotive software, research and development, and electric product offerings.

“In this role, he will ensure that the North American team is competing for the right platforms and accelerating our ability to deliver innovative solutions addressing regional needs for turbo gas applications, electric boosting products in passenger vehicles [and more],” said Rabiller.

Lodato has a combined 20 years of experience at Garrett and its former parent company Honeywell. Before this appointment, he was responsible for driving sales of Garrett’s North American Commercial and Passenger Vehicle business while also serving as the global GM account lead accountable for sales, program management and application engineering.

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