Bo Andersson says tax breaks are key for Yazaki

Bo Andersson's reputation as a blunt, forceful executive has led him, and followed him, through an auto industry career on numerous continents. The onetime purchasing executive for Saab in Sweden became head of global purchasing for General Motors in 2001 and demanded operating improvements and price cuts from suppliers around the world. He then ran Russia's largest automaker, AvtoVAZ, controlled by France's Renault, where his cost-cutting measures put him at odds with Russian President Vladimir Putin.