Car designers are a type. They stand out from the engineers, accountants and lawyers that populate the car business. By all accounts, Ed Welburn, General Motors' first global head of design, is ...

On June 30, Ed Welburn will retire as GM’s head of global design, a role that makes him one of the auto industry’s most influential designers.

Ed Welburn, a 30-year design veteran at General Motors Corp. whose work has included the Hummer H2 and Cadillac Escalade, will succeed retiring Wayne Cherry as design chief at the world's biggest ...