Diallo will be responsible for Honda and Acura’s sales organization, sales planning and strategy, logistics, and new product communications departments.
Gardner started working for Honda Canada in 1989 and held many roles for both Honda and Acura. In 2017, he became President and CEO of Honda He Canada, responsible for all business operations of the company. Gardinar said he moved to American in 2020. He moved to Honda and was initially responsible for sales and marketing in the United States, overseeing dealership business management. He then became the current Vice President of National Operations.
“Dave has played a key role over the past three years in leading a company that has faced significant challenges, including the Covid pandemic, supply constraints, and restructuring of the auto sales organization. American Honda Auto Sales.” has also helped set the future direction of digitalization and electrification in the automotive sales sector, which will be a major focus of my efforts in this new role.”
Diallo joined American Honda in 2001 and has held various positions within the company’s automotive sales organization in regional field operations and domestic sales at the company’s Torrance, California location. In 2019, he became Assistant Vice President of Acura National Sales, Incentives and Strategy. Diallo was later promoted to vice president of automotive operations at American in 2021, where he oversaw Honda’s product planning, production planning and logistics. Diallo will assume his current role as Vice President of Automotive Sales in 2022.
Honda is also creating a new division called the Electrification Business Development Division to accelerate the development of battery electric vehicles (BEVs). Honda announced that it will integrate the business strategy and BEV product development function of its passenger car business with the electrification-related strategy and development function of its motorcycle and power products business.
As part of its global reorganization, Honda plans to consolidate its current six regional businesses into three regional businesses: Oceania, South America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.