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Senior Management Changes
Senior Management Changes.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 8775B Ford Motor Co 03 November 2009 \n Contact: Mark Truby Marcey Evans Whitney Small\n 313-323-0539(o) 313-322-9211(o) +852.9021.6091\n 313-663-6887(c) 313-673-3846(c)\n [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]\n \n \nFORD ANNOUNCES RETIREMENTS OF TWO SENIOR LEADERS;\nMAKES KEY APPOINTMENTS TO SUPPORT ‘ONE FORD’ PLAN\n\nJohn Parker, executive vice president, Ford Asia Pacific and Africa, is retiring after 41 years with Ford\nPhil Spender, vice president, Ford Motor Company, and executive vice president, Mazda Motor Corporation is retiring after 34 years with Ford \nJoe Hinrichs, group vice president, Global Manufacturing and Labor Affairs, is appointed Ford group vice president and president, Asia Pacific and Africa \nJohn Fleming, Ford executive vice president and chairman and CEO, Ford of Europe, adds responsibility for Global Manufacturing and Labor Affairs\n\nDEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 3, 2009 – Ford Motor Company today announced the retirements of two senior executives in the Asia Pacific and Africa region and announced other key executive appointments to support the company’s “One Ford” transformation plan. \n \nJohn Parker, executive vice president, Asia Pacific and Africa, is retiring effective Jan. 1, 2010, after a 41-year career with the company. \n \nParker, 62, joined Ford in South Africa and has held numerous senior leadership positions within Ford’s Asia Pacific and Africa region, including the Southeast Asia region, South Africa, Taiwan, Australia and India. \n \nHe also served as senior executive vice president, Mazda Motor Corporation. He has been Ford’s senior leader for Asia Pacific and Africa since 2006, with responsibility for all Ford operations and p...