GM Australia boss Jess Bala exits after three years amid Cadillac rollout struggles

After three years steering General Motors through the turbulent aftermath of Holden's closure, Jess Bala has departed the company she served for nearly two decades — the latest in a series of leadership shifts that reflect a deeper reckoning between a storied automotive legacy and a market that has moved on. Her exit, quiet in its corporate language but loud in its implications, arrives as GM Australia continues to search for an identity built on imported American products that have yet to fully win over local buyers. In the longer arc of industrial history, hers is the story of an executive a