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Richard Parry-Jones
Group Vice President, Product Development
and Chief Technical Officer
Mr. Parry -Jones, 51, has held his present position since
August 1, 2001. Prior to this appointment, he was group
vice president of Global Product Development and Quality.
Previously, Mr. Parry-Jones was vice president of the European
Vehicle Center from 1994 to 1998. He joined Ford’s European
Product Development Group in 1969 as an apprentice and,
upon graduating, held a variety of positions in product planning,
engineering and manufacturing operations, including
international assignments.
Greg C. Smith
Group Vice President, Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
Ford Motor Credit Company
Mr. Smith, 51, assumed his present position in October 2002.
Prior to this appointment, he served as president and chief
operating officer of Ford Credit and a vice president of Ford
Motor Company. Mr. Smith joined Ford in 1973 as an engineer
with Truck Operations. He subsequently held a number of
engineering and product planning positions within Truck
Operations. In 1985, Mr. Smith became Truck and Powertrain
Marketing Plans manager of Ford Division. From 1987 to
1989, he held management positions in Ford Division and
Lincoln-Mercury Division. Mr. Smith was named director, Strategy and Advanced Planning for
Car Product Development in 1990. In 1993, he was appointed executive director, Strategic
Planning and External Affairs for Ford Credit. In 1994, Mr. Smith was named vice president, New
Business Development for Ford Credit’s Diversified Operations. In 1995, he was appointed exec-
utive vice president, International Financing Operations.
Martin B. Zimmerman
Group Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Mr. Zimmerman, 56, was appointed to his present position in
November 2001. He was previously vice president, Governmental
Affairs. Prior to this, Mr. Zimmerman was executive director,
Governmental Relations and Corporate Economics. He joined
Ford in 1987 as the company’s chief economist. Before joining
Ford, he was a professor and chairman of the Business
Economics Department at the University of Michigan’s
Graduate School of Business Administration.
Joe W. Laymon
Vice President, Corporate Human Resources
Mr. Laymon, 50, assumed his present position in November
2001. He joined Ford in March 2000 as executive director,
Human Resources Business Operations. Prior to joining Ford,
Mr. Laymon worked for the U.S. State Department with
assignments in Zaire and Washington D.C. He joined Xerox
Corporation in 1979 serving in a number of senior human
resources positions, including chief labor negotiator. Mr. Laymon
then went to Kodak Company where he held positions as a
director and a vice president within human resources.
Donat R. Leclair
Vice President and Controller
Mr. Leclair, 51, assumed his present position in November 2001.
Prior to this appointment, he was controller for Ford’s North
America Consumer Business Group. He also held positions of
controller, Global Product Development and Manufacturing, and
controller of Ford Australia. Mr. Leclair joined Ford in 1976 as
a financial analyst at the Lorain (Ohio) Assembly Plant. He held
various finance leadership positions in Product Development,
Manufacturing, and Finance Staff.
Dennis E. Ross
Vice President and General Counsel
Mr. Ross, 52, has held his present position since October 2000.
Prior to this appointment, he served as vice president, chief tax
officer. Mr. Ross joined Ford in May 1995. Prior to coming to Ford,
Mr. Ross was a partner at the law firm of Davis Polk and Wardwell
in New York from 1989 to 1995. He also served as tax legislative
counsel and later deputy assistant secretary in the U.S. Treasury
Department’s Office of Tax Policy from 1986 to 1989.
Officers
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Joseph Greenwell
Marketing and Operations
Janet M. Grissom
Washington Affairs
Lloyd E. Hansen
Revenue Management
Darryl B. Hazel
President,
Lincoln and Mercury
Earl J. Hesterberg
Vice President, Marketing,
Sales and Service,
Ford of Europe
Derrick M. Kuzak
Vice President,
Product Development,
Ford of Europe
Martin Leach
President and COO,
Ford of Europe
Kathleen A. Ligocki
Ford Customer
Service Division
Stephen G. Lyons
President, Ford Division
Malcolm S. Macdonald
Finance and Treasurer
Philip R. Martens
Vehicle Product
Development and
Engineering
J C. Mays
Design
Timothy J. O’Brien
Corporate Relations
Hans-Olov Olsson
President, Volvo Cars
Shamel T. Rushwin
Vice President
Gerhard Schmidt
Research & Advanced
Engineering
Mark A. Schulz
Ford Asia Pacific and
South America Operations
Anne Stevens
North America
Vehicle Operations
David T. Szczupak
Powertrain Operations
Chris P. Theodore
North America Product
Development
Janet E. Valentic
Global Marketing
James G. Vella
Public Affairs
Alex P. Ver
Advanced Manufacturing
Engineering
other vice presidents
Marvin W. Adams
Chief Information Officer
William W. Boddie Jr.
North America Engineering
Lewis W. K. Booth
Vice President
Thomas K. Brown
Global Purchasing
Mei Wei Cheng
President, Ford Motor
(China) Ltd.
Dennis Cirbes
Labor Affairs
Susan M. Cischke
Environmental and Safety
Engineering
Robert A. Dover
President,
Jaguar and Land Rover
John Fleming
Vice President,
Manufacturing,
Ford of Europe
Bennie W. Fowler
Jaguar and Land Rover
Operations
Barbara L. Gasper
Investor Relations
Louise K. Goeser
Quality