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Ford 22mei2017 Jim Hackett CEO

Jim Hackett was named president and chief executive officer of Ford Motor Company effective May 22, 2017. Under Hackett's leadership and with Bill Ford, Ford is strengthening its automotive business and accelerating a strategic shift during a transformative period for the auto industry. Prior to this role, Hackett was chairman of Ford Smart Mobility LLC and had previously served on Ford's board of directors since 2013 where he was involved in launching Ford's Smart Mobility plan.

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Ford 22mei2017 Jim Hackett CEO

Jim Hackett was named president and chief executive officer of Ford Motor Company effective May 22, 2017. Under Hackett's leadership and with Bill Ford, Ford is strengthening its automotive business and accelerating a strategic shift during a transformative period for the auto industry. Prior to this role, Hackett was chairman of Ford Smart Mobility LLC and had previously served on Ford's board of directors since 2013 where he was involved in launching Ford's Smart Mobility plan.

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May 22, 2017

Jim Hackett
President and Chief Executive Officer, Ford Motor Company

Jim Hackett is president and chief executive officer, Ford Motor


Company, effective May 22, 2017. He also is a member of the
companys board of directors.

Under Hacketts leadership, together with Bill Ford, Ford is


strengthening its automotive business and accelerating a strategic
shift to capitalize on opportunities during a transformative period
for the auto industry and the broader mobility space.

Prior to serving in this role, Hackett was chairman of Ford Smart


Mobility LLC, a subsidiary of Ford formed to accelerate the
companys plans to design, build, grow and invest in emerging
mobility services. He was named to the position March 10, 2016.

Before joining Ford Smart Mobility, Hackett was a member of the


Ford Motor Company Board of Directors starting in 2013. As a
member of the Sustainability and Innovation committee, he was
actively involved with the Ford senior leadership team in launching
the companys Ford Smart Mobility plan. He also served on the
Audit and the Nominating and Governance committees.

Hackett was vice chairman of Steelcase, the global leader in the


office furniture industry, from 2014 to 2015. He retired as CEO of
Steelcase in February 2014, after having spent 20 years leading the
Grand Rapids-based office furniture company.

As a consumer-focused visionary in the office furniture industry,


Hackett is credited with guiding Steelcase to becoming a global
leader. During his 30 years there, he helped transform the office
furniture company from traditional manufacturer to industry
innovator. Having spent his career focused on the evolving needs
of consumers, Hackett is recognized for predicting that the office
landscape would shift away from cubicles to an open space
environment, giving employees the flexibility to work where they
want.

Hackett is well known for his creative management approach to


business. Through an equity investment by Steelcase in IDEO, an
international consulting firm, Hackett forged a unique business
relationship with its CEO David Kelley to foster design innovation
at the office furniture company. At that time in 1996, IDEO
specialized in the design of a number of consumer products, office
equipment, medical instrumentation, furniture and computers
including design of the first mouse for early Apple computers.

He was interim director of athletics at the University of Michigan


from Oct. 31, 2014 to March 11, 2016 where he led the search
for a permanent athletic director appointed in January 2016. He
played center on the University of Michigan football team prior to
graduating from the university with a bachelors degree in Finance
in 1977.

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