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| Omar Vargas |
General Motors has hired Omar Vargas, who was senior VP & chief government affairs officer at 3M Co, for the VP and head of global public policy spot, effective Aug. 1.
Vargas held a variety of government affairs positions at 3M since joining the company in 2017.
Earlier, he was senior counsel and executive director of government relations at Praxair; senior director for global policy & government policy at PepsiCo; and deputy director at the Justice Dept.’s office of intergovernmental affairs and public liaison.
Craig Glidden, GM’s general counsel, called Vargas “the right person to advocate for policy solutions in support of GM’s vision, including our commitment to an all-electric future.”
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