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Appointment of Group VP
Appointment of Group VP.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n Ford Motor Co\n11 October 2007\n\n\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\nFORD MOTOR COMPANY NAMES JIM FARLEY TO LEAD MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS\n\nDEARBORN, Mich., Oct. 11 - Ford Motor Company President and Chief Executive \nOfficer Alan Mulally today announced the appointment of Jim Farley as Group Vice \nPresident of Marketing and Communications.\n\nFarley joins Ford in mid-November, after nearly two decades at Toyota and Lexus.\n\n'We are thrilled to welcome one of the most successful and talented leaders in \nthe industry to the Ford Motor Company team,' said Mulally. 'Jim Farley is well \nknown for innovative marketing strategies that connect great products to today's \nand tomorrow's customers. Ford's quality and vehicles are now on par with the \nbest of the competition. We look forward to Jim's leadership to combine world-\nclass marketing with our world-class products worldwide.'\n\nFarley will be the company's most senior marketing leader and will report \ndirectly to Mulally.\n\nWorking with the company's worldwide business unit leaders and global product \ndevelopment organization, Farley will lead Ford's drive to connect even more \nclosely with customers through integrated marketing, advertising, digital \ncommunications, brand development product planning, research, product \ncommunications and public relations. In line with that vision, Ford's global \nCommunications and public relations team also now will report to Farley.\n\nFarley, 45, most recently was Group Vice President and General Manager of Lexus, \nresponsible for all sales, marketing and customer satisfaction activities for \nToyota's luxury brand. He joined Toyota in 1990 in the strategic-planning \ndepartment after receiving his MBA from the UCLA Anderson School. Since then, he \nhas served in such senior leadership positions as Vice President and General \nManager of Toyota's Scion brand, Group Vice President of Marketing for the \nToyota Division, General Manager of Product Management for Toyota Europe and a \nvariety of product planning, marketing and advertising roles.\n\nFarley says he is passionate about joining Ford in this global leadership role \nand is eager to help lead the company's transformation plan toward automotive \nleadership and profitable growth.\n\n'My connection with Ford goes way back to my first car, a 1966 Ford Mustang. I \nbough...