Item 4A. Executive Officers of Ford.

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Item 4A. Executive Officers of Ford.

Our executive officers are as follows, along with each executive officer’s position and age at February 1, 2020:



Name	Position	Position Held Since	Age
William Clay Ford, Jr. (a)	Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board	September 2006	62
James P. Hackett (b)	President and Chief Executive Officer	May 2017	64
James D. Farley, Jr.	President, New Businesses, Technology & Strategy	May 2019	57
Joseph R. Hinrichs	President, Automotive	May 2019	53
Tim Stone	Chief Financial Officer	June 2019	53
Hau Thai-Tang	Chief Product Development and Purchasing Officer	June 2017	53
Bradley M. Gayton	Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel	June 2017	56
Kiersten Robinson	Chief Human Resources Officer	April 2018	49
Cathy O’Callaghan	Controller and Chief Financial Officer, Automotive	September 2019	51


(a)	Also a Director, Chair of the Office of the Chairman and Chief Executive, Chair of the Finance Committee, and a member of the Sustainability Committee of the Board of Directors.


(b)	Also a Director and member of the Office of the Chairman and Chief Executive.

Except as noted below, each of the officers listed above has been employed by Ford or its subsidiaries in one or more capacities during the past five years. Prior to becoming President and Chief Executive Officer of Ford, Jim Hackett was a member of Ford’s Board of Directors from 2013 to 2016 and the chairman of Ford Smart Mobility LLC from March 2016 to May 2017. Tim Stone joined Ford in April 2019. Prior to becoming Chief Financial Officer, Tim Stone held various positions at Amazon.com, Inc., most recently as Vice President of Finance until May 2018, and was Chief Financial Officer of Snap Inc. from May 2018 to February 2019.

Under our by-laws, executive officers are elected by the Board of Directors at an annual meeting of the Board held for this purpose or by a resolution to fill a vacancy. Each officer is elected to hold office until a successor is chosen or as otherwise provided in the by-laws.

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