Ford s manufacturing chief among 3 execs to retire
Audrey LaForest & Nick Bunkley
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Ford Motor Co. s top manufacturing executive, the head of its International Markets Group and one of its top lobbyists in Washington have decided to retire.
Gary Johnson, Ford s head of manufacturing and labor affairs, will be succeeded Feb. 1 by North American manufacturing chief John Savona.
Mark Ovenden, president of the International Markets Group, also is retiring Feb. 1. His replacement will be FordDirect CEO Dianne Craig.
Curt Magleby, vice president of U.S. government relations, is retiring Dec. 31. A company spokesperson could not confirm whether a replacement had been selected.
Ford s manufacturing chief among 3 execs to retire
Audrey LaForest and Nick Bunkley
FORD MOTOR CO.
Gary Johnson, Ford s chief manufacturing and labor affairs officer will be succeeded by John Savona.
Ford s top manufacturing executive, the head of its International Markets Group and one of its top lobbyists in Washington have decided to retire, the automaker said Tuesday.
Gary Johnson, Ford s head of manufacturing and labor affairs, will be succeeded Feb. 1 by North American manufacturing chief John Savona.
Mark Ovenden, president of the International Markets Group, also is retiring Feb. 1. His replacement will be FordDirect CEO Dianne Craig.
Curt Magleby, vice president of U.S. government relations, is retiring Dec. 31. A company spokesperson could not confirm whether a replacement had been selected.
Curt Magleby, top lobbyist for Ford Motor Co. in Washington, D.C., is retiring after 32 years with the company on Dec. 31 just as the industry prepares for a new administration amid unprecedented transformation to all-electric vehicles.
He went from Exxon petroleum engineer to financial analyst for the electronics division at the Ford Rawsonville plant in 1988.
“I still remember I had my Audi 4000 I had bought in California,” Magleby, 61, told The Hill news. “As a new MBA, you get there early, you park in front and you try to do all the things right. I remember, it was about like day three, and one of my colleagues came up and said, ‘Curt, you might want to park the car in the other parking lot.’ ”