Chris Liddell
Chris Liddell
Christopher P. Liddell CNZMis a New Zealand businessman. He was the Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officerof General Motors. Liddell joined GM in January 2010, and led the company’s global finance operations until March 2011, including the $23billion GM IPO, at the time the largest ever...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth24 April 1958
CountryUnited States of America
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We've had a good start to an important year for the company.
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Customer demand for our new Dynamics CRM 3.0 software has been above our expectations, and we are forecasting the recent strength to continue through the second half.
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We had sales of over NZ$1 billion for the last quarter -- the result of developing new businesses, markets, products & services. Our exports continue to grow with New Zealand export sales for the first half up over 19 percent on the same period last year
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We have decided to add investments in a number of areas, and they do add up. Investment today will drive future success.
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A lot of that inherent growth in Australia, and strength in the economy, has helped keep those housing volumes up, but we would say by the end of this year or the beginning of next year, all other things being equal, for it to come off slightly.
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