General Motors faces activist challenge to return more value to investors Fresh off a grueling product recall that put her front and center of a national controversy, General Motors Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra just can’t get a break. She is now facing a challenge from a group of activist investors and a former Obama administration auto-bailout official. Former General Motors bailout zar now wants to be a board member In a letter to the General Motors Board of Directors, Harry J. Wilson, who led the automaker out of government-backed bankruptcy protection, submitted himself as a candidate for the company’s…
Activist Hedge Fund Target General Motors and Its CEO Barra
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.