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, 2022:
| Name | Position | Position Held Since | Age | |||||||||||||||||
| William Clay Ford, Jr. (a) | Executive Chair and Chair of the Board | September 2006 | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| James D. Farley, Jr. (b) | President and Chief Executive Officer | October 2020 | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. (c) | Vice Chair, Policy | May 2021 | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Lawler | Chief Financial Officer | October 2020 | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hau Thai-Tang | Chief Product Platform and Operations Officer | October 2020 | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
| Michael Amend | Chief Digital & Information Officer | September 2021 | 44 | |||||||||||||||||
| Steven P. Croley | Chief Policy Officer and General Counsel | July 2021 | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
| J. Doug Field | Chief Advanced Technology and Embedded Systems Officer | September 2021 | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kiersten Robinson | Chief People and Employee Experience Officer | October 2020 | 51 | |||||||||||||||||
| Anning Chen | President and Chief Executive Officer, Ford of China | December 2018 | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ashwani (“Kumar”) Galhotra | President, Americas and International Markets Group | April 2020 | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stuart Rowley | President, Ford of Europe | April 2019 | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cathy O’Callaghan | Controller | June 2018 | 53 |
(a)Also a Director, Chair of the Office of the Chair and Chief Executive, Chair of the Finance Committee, and a member of the Sustainability, Innovation and Policy Committee of the Board of Directors. Mr. Ford’s daughter, Alexandra Ford English, is a member of the Board of Directors.
(b)Also a Director and member of the Office of the Chair and Chief Executive.
(c)Also a Director and member of the Sustainability, Innovation and Policy Committee of the Board of Directors.
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 Vice Chair, Policy, Governor Huntsman was re-elected a member of Ford’s Board of Directors in October 2020 after previously serving as a director from 2012 to 2017. Governor Huntsman served as the U.S. Ambassador to Russia from 2017 through 2019. He served as the Chairman of the Atlantic Council of the United States from 2014 until 2017 and Chairman of the Huntsman Cancer Foundation from 2012 until 2017. He has previously served as U.S. ambassador to China, U.S. ambassador to Singapore, and as Deputy U.S. Trade Representative. Governor Huntsman was twice elected Governor of Utah.
Prior to becoming Chief Digital & Information Officer, Michael Amend was President, Online, at Lowe’s from 2018 to 2021. From 2015 to 2018, Mr. Amend served as Executive Vice President, Omnichannel, at JCPenney.
Prior to becoming Chief Policy Officer and General Counsel, Steven Croley was a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Latham & Watkins from 2017 to 2021. From 2014 to 2017, Mr. Croley served as General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Energy.
Prior to becoming Chief Advanced Technology and Embedded Systems Officer, J. Doug Field was Vice President, Special Projects Group, at Apple from 2018 to 2021. From 2013 to 2018, Mr. Field served as Tesla’s Senior Vice President of Engineering.
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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