Ford president and CEO Alan Mulally has made organisational changes that put additional focus on worldwide markets and customers.
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Reporting directly to Mulally under the new structure are the company’s three automotive business unit leaders: Mark Fields, Ford of the Americas; Lewis Booth, Ford of Europe and the Premier Automotive Group; and John Parker, Ford of Asia Pacific and Africa, and Mazda.
Derrick Kuzak will lead global product development, and also report to Mulally. He will also continue to be responsible for product development for the Americas. J Mays continues to head Ford design and will support Kuzak.
Also now reporting to Mulally are: Tony Brown, purchasing; Bennie Fowler, quality and advanced manufacturing engineering; Nick Smither, information technology; and Richard Parry-Jones, chief technical officer.
“An integrated, global product development team supporting our automotive business units will enable us to make the best use of our global assets and capabilities and accelerate development of the new vehicles our customers prefer, and do so more efficiently,” Mulally said.
“This new leadership will enable us to work together more effectively as one Ford team to continuously improve the quality, productivity and speed of our product development process.”
