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, 2021:
| Name | Position | Position Held Since | Age | |||||||||||||||||
| William Clay Ford, Jr. (a) | Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board | September 2006 | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
| James D. Farley, Jr. (b) | President and Chief Executive Officer | October 2020 | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Lawler | Chief Financial Officer | October 2020 | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hau Thai-Tang | Chief Product Platform and Operations Officer | October 2020 | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kiersten Robinson | Chief People and Employee Experience Officer | October 2020 | 50 | |||||||||||||||||
| Anning Chen | President and Chief Executive Officer, Ford of China | December 2018 | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kumar Galhotra | President, Americas and International Markets Group | April 2020 | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stuart Rowley | President, Ford of Europe | April 2019 | 53 | |||||||||||||||||
| John F. Mellen | General Counsel | August 2020 | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cathy O’Callaghan | Controller | June 2018 | 52 |
(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, Ford of China, from 2010 to 2018, Anning Chen held several leadership roles in Chery Automobile LTD, China including: Chief Executive Officer; Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer; and Vice President of Products and Engineering. He also held the positions of Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chery Jaguar Land Rover Automotive, China; and Chairman of the Board, Qoros Automotive, China.
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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