Ford announced on 12 December that its head of sustainability, environment and safety engineering, Sue Cischke, would retire from 1 February 2012.

Cischke will be succeeded by Robert Brown, who is currently has the same role at Ford of Europe. Brown will assume his new position on 1 January.

Before joining Ford in 2001, Cischke was senior vice president of regulatory affairs and passenger car operations at Daimler-Chrysler.

Brown in his new role will assume direct responsibility for the company’s environment and safety strategy, policy and performance. He will report to Alan Mulally.