• May 3, 2011

Volvo has tapped Doug Speck to be acting SVP for marketing, sales and customer service. He replaces 20-year Volvo vet Gerry Keaney, who is leaving the company.

Speck, who in the past has held positions at Ford, Jaguar, and Ford's defunct Premier Automotive Group, is currently president of Volvo Cars of North America. When he takes the post on June 1, he will be reporting to Volvo president and CEO Stefan Jacoby.

Said Jacoby in a statement: "We will undertake a global review of the entire marketing and sales organization and Doug Speck will play a major role in this very important work."