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| Liz Reicherts |
Liz Reicherts, head of US government affairs for German industrial giant Siemens, is joining General Motors Sept. 15 as VP-external affairs.
Based in Washington, she’ll manage the federal, state and local government affairs teams of America’s No. 1 auto company, while developing its political strategy. Reicherts will report to Everett Eissenstat, senior VP, global public policy.
Reicherts joined Siemens in 2015 exiting a 22-year career at BP where she left as US director of government affairs.
At the British company, she dealt with issues related to US exploration & production, pipelines, LNG, remediation, marketing, trading and alternative energy.
Earlier in her BP stint, Reicherts interfaced with the US and the diplomatic community on matters related to operations in Canada, Latin America, Caribbean and Sub-Sahara Africa.
She also served as president of the Women in Government Relations group from 2008 to 2010.
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