Tata Motors Managing Director Karl Slym fell to his death from a high floor of a hotel in Bangkok today.
He had gone to attend a board meeting of Tata Motors Thailand.
Slym 51, joined Tata Motors in October 2012 and was said to be steering a critically important turnaround for a company that has been battered in recent years by internal and external problems.
It is possible the intense competition among global companies for the burgeoning Indian car market is a factor in his untimely death.
Before joining Tata Motors, Slym was the Executive Vice-president of a major Chinese car producer, SGMW Motors, a joint venture of the American giant General Motors. Before that, he was president, managing director and board member of General Motors in India between 2007-11.
Prior to that, for over two decades, he was with Toyota and General Motors in a variety of senior positions.
So, if there is a one-armed man in this story, it could be American, Chinese or Japanese.
He had gone to attend a board meeting of Tata Motors Thailand.
Slym 51, joined Tata Motors in October 2012 and was said to be steering a critically important turnaround for a company that has been battered in recent years by internal and external problems.
It is possible the intense competition among global companies for the burgeoning Indian car market is a factor in his untimely death.
Before joining Tata Motors, Slym was the Executive Vice-president of a major Chinese car producer, SGMW Motors, a joint venture of the American giant General Motors. Before that, he was president, managing director and board member of General Motors in India between 2007-11.
Prior to that, for over two decades, he was with Toyota and General Motors in a variety of senior positions.
So, if there is a one-armed man in this story, it could be American, Chinese or Japanese.
