Ford has executed its fair share of executive shakeups over the past couple of years, both in its home country of the U.S. and abroad. Most recently, those moves included giving CFO John Lawler additional responsibilities and hiring Sherry House as vice president of finance with the intentions of eventually transitioning her to the position of CFO, as well as putting the automaker’s European operations under the control of its Dearborn-based unit. Now, on the verge of releasing its latest earnings report, Ford has shuffled its executive lineup around yet again.
Those moves start with House, who is now taking over as the company’s chief financial officer as previously planned. She’ll take over for Lawler, who will continue to serve as Ford’s vice chair with a focus on strategy, partnerships, alliances, and corporate development. Meanwhile, Marin Gjaja has been named as the new chief strategy officer after holding several roles within Ford over the past few years, including COO for Ford Model e.
Ford also announced that David McClelland, who led strategy at Ford since 2019, has elected to retire toward the end of the first quarter after a 32-year global career with Ford. With these changes, Andrew Frick will take on additional responsibility as president, Ford Blue and Ford Model e. He will continue to oversee Ford Pro in the interim until a new leader is named. Kay Hart, who previously led Ford’s International Markets Group and was part of Team Edison, will be appointed general manager of Ford Model e, reporting to Frick.
Daniel Justo, vice president, Ford Customer Service Division, will now take the lead for customer experience, working with dealers to expand Ford’s position in remote service and pickup and delivery, while simplifying and improving overall customer service. Finally, Sam Wu, president and CEO, Ford China, is taking an expanded role that includes leading the automaker’s International Markets Group. Jeff Marentic will report to Wu as head of Ford International Markets Group.
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Broad executive shuffles generally indicate numbers are bad. We shall see…
Deck chairs on the Titanic
Not. Nearly. Enough. Start with Jim.
FARLEY…….. You’re F I R E D!!!! Now Get Outta here!!!! This whole thing is a real S – Show. HENRY IS “STILL” Rolling in his Grave!!!!
The only executives that need to be shuffled is the Idiot on top and the clown in charge of Lincoln