DETROIT — American Axle & Manufacturing has announced the following officer and executive appointments:

David Culton has been named president, AAM – Europe. Previously, he served as AAM’s vice president, Commercial prior to assuming his current position.

John Jerge has been named president, AAM – Americas. Jerge previously served as AAM’s vice president, Materials, Logistics and Labor Relations.

Inacio Moriguchi has been appointed vice president, Operations – AAM – Americas. Moriguchi previously served as executive director, AAM Manufacturing System.

Kevin Smith has been appointed vice president, Program Management & Launch. Smith previously served as executive director, Advanced Programs, Cost Reductions & Productivity.

Thomas Szymanski has been appointed vice president, Global Manufacturing Services. Szymanski previously served as executive director, Manufacturing Planning.

Michael Flynn has been appointed general manager, Aftermarket & Specialty Projects. Flynn previously served as executive director, Quality.

Terri Kemp has been appointed executive director, Human Resources & Labor Relations. Kemp previously served as executive director, Human Resources.

Brian McPartlin has been appointed executive director, Office of the President. McPartlin previously served as executive director, Commercial.

Lance Reinhard has been appointed executive director, Procurement & Supply Chain Management. Reinhard previously served as managing director, Latin America.

Richard Rossman has been appointed executive director, Special Projects. Rossman previously served as managing director, AAM – India.

John Salter has been appointed executive director, Global Sales and Americas. Salter previously served as executive director, Sales & Marketing.

William Smith has been appointed executive director, Strategic & Business Development – Europe. Smith previously served as managing director, AAM – Europe.

Blair Swanson has been appointed executive director, Project Engineering – Americas. Swanson previously served as director, Full-Frame Vehicle Engineering.

Anand Ganguly has been appointed co-managing director, AAM – India. Ganguly previously served as Head of Operations, AAM – India.

Francis Leo has been appointed co-managing director, AAM – India. Leo previously served as executive director, Strategic & Business Development.

DETROIT — American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM) has announced the following officer and executive appointments:

David Culton has been appointed vice president, Unibody Vehicle Business Unit. Prior to his new assignment, Culton served as AAM’s controller.

Michael Lynch has been named controller. Previously Lynch served as AAM’s director, commercial analysis.

Thomas Delanoy has been appointed executive director, launch and manufacturing. Prior to this assignment, Delanoy served as executive director, special projects.

Allan Rae has been appointed executive director, human resources and business systems. Previously he served as executive director, business systems.

For more information about AAM, visit: www.aam.com.

DETROIT — American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM) has announced the following officer and executive appointments:

John Bellanti has been named executive vice president, Worldwide Operations. Previously, he served as AAM’s group vice president, Manufacturing Services, Capital Planning & Cost Estimating.

Steven Proctor has been named president, AAM – Asia. Proctor previously served as AAM’s vice president, Sales & Marketing prior to assuming his current position.

Mark Barrett has been appointed vice president, Engineering & Product Development. Barrett previously served as executive director, Engineering & Product Development.

Curt Howell has been appointed vice president, Driveline Full Frame Operations. Howell previously served as vice president, Global Driveline Operations.

John Jerge has been appointed vice president, Driveline Pascar Operations. Jerge previously served as vice president, Human Resources.

Robin Kendrick has been appointed vice president, Driveshaft & Halfshaft Operations. Kendrick previously served as general manager, Global Driveshaft & Halfshaft Operations.

Charles (Brad) Comeau has been appointed executive director, Human Resources. Comeau previously served as executive director, HR Operations.

John Salter has been appointed executive director, Sales & Marketing. Salter previously served as executive director, Driveline Programs.

Thomas Szymanski has been appointed executive director, Manufacturing Planning. Szymanski previously served as executive director, Corporate Manufacturing Services UniBody Vehicles Driveline.

"We are extremely pleased to announce the career enhancements of these officers and executives," said AAM Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO Richard Dauch. "As we restructure our business, these new appointments will allow our executive team to concentrate fully on our growth and operational objectives in our core and new markets."

For more information about AAM, visit: http://www.aam.com.