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Former Holden director of communications Sean Poppitt has been appointed director of communications for General Motors Africa and Middle East, based in Dubai.

Mr Poppitt was Holden’s PR boss from February 2015 to January 2018 before becoming director of communications for GM Southeast Asia until July 2019 when he was promoted internally to the region’s director of marketing, communications and customer experience.

He joined Holden in April 2012 from Audi Australia where he was senior corporate communications executive.

At Holden he started as product communications manager in Melbourne and then became corporate affairs manager for South Australia and Western Australia for Holden.

He was then promoted to senior manager for Holden corporate communications in September 2014 and afterwards moved to the top PR role with Holden.

By Neil Dowling

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