Tayce A. Wakefield

GM Europe Vice President, Public Policy and Government Relations

Tayce A. Wakefield has served as GM Europe Vice President, Public Policy and Government Relations since June 2008. Based in Brussels, Belgium, she has a team of 20 people in various European countries, including the U.K., Sweden, Germany, Spain, Poland and Russia working on environmental and energy issues, tax and trade policy, state aid, consumer and other policy issues impacting the auto industry. She is also a member of the Europe Strategy Board.

Tayce was born in Montréal, Canada on September 6, 1959. She holds a Master of Science in Management (M.S.M.) degree from Boston University – Vrije Universiteit Brussels, a Law degree (LL.B.) from Osgoode Hall and a B.A. in Political Science from McMaster University.

She joined GM in 1984 in the Government Relations Department and held progressively responsible positions in Government and Public Relations, where she worked on a variety of key legislative issues including pension reform, labor, safety and environmental issues, trade and tax legislation, as well as media relations, employee communications and charitable contributions. She served on the GMCL Women’s Advisory Council from 1985-1988 and was the founding Chair of GM’s Affinity Group for Women (in the U.S.) from 2000-2002.

Tayce served as Vice President of Corporate and Environmental Affairs and a member of the Board of Directors for GM Canada from 1995 to 2003 and as Executive Director, Environment & Energy, for General Motors Corporation in Detroit, Michigan from 2003 to 2005. In September 2005, she was named GM Europe Executive Director, EU Affairs.

Tayce has served on numerous government commissions and Boards of not-for-profit organizations, including as Chair of the Canada Safety Council from 1998-2001, on the Ontario Council of Regents (the governing body for Ontario’s Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology) from 1997-2003, as the Alumni Co-Chair of McMaster University’s $100 million “Changing Tomorrow Today” campaign, and on the Executive Council of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce from 1992-1998. She served as founding Chair of the Global Road Safety Initiative from 2004-2007. GRSI is a 5 year, US$10 million initiative through the Global Road Safety Partnership to improve road safety in China, ASEAN and Brazil, sponsored by Ford, GM, Honda, Michelin, Renault, Shell and Toyota.