Mark Fields Confirmed As Ford CEO

by Derek Kreindler

Published: May 1st, 2014

Ford’s board of directors has confirmed Mark Fields as the Blue Oval’s next CEO. Current CEO Alan Mulally will depart on July 1st, with Fields assuming the post immediately.

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Indi500fan on May 01, 2014

Is Mark still commuting from Miami or is he a Michigan man these days?

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Lie2me on May 02, 2014

Fields is not giving up his Florida residency for the job, long term prospects don't seem great

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Makuribu on May 02, 2014

So is Mullaly going to Microsoft, the place he wasn't going because he was staying at Ford long term? There's a relationship built on honesty!

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Lou_BC on May 02, 2014

It will be interesting to see how Ford transitions to a new CEO. Ford could slip back into old habits but considering the length of time Mulally was at Ford, one would hope that he cleaned up the "old boy's" network. I have to laugh at Z71_Silvy. Those comments of his aren't worth the bandwidth to rebuke.

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- Z71_Silvy on May 02, 2014
  
  The truth can be uncomfortable sometimes.
  
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- Kevin on May 03, 2014
  
  @Z71_Silvy Alan Mulally will go down in the annals of car history with the likes of Lee Iacocca. They both cleaned house in companies that sorely needed it, they both saved their respective brands from bankruptcy, and they both innovated and took risks with new technology to advance their brand (some of which worked well, some of which worked poorly... the Ultradrive comes to mind). But I'm sure you think Iacocca was just a used car salesman in a cheap suit with a stogie.
  
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- Z71_Silvy on May 03, 2014
  
  @Kevin He may, but he certainly shouldn't. All he did for Ford was take out a huge loan, lie and cheat to sell cars, lower quality, and increase recalls substantially. Yeah, great CEO.
  
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- Kevin on May 04, 2014
  
  @Z71_Silvy Would you go so far as to say Ford was better off with the likes of William Clay Ford and Jacques Nasser at the helm?
  
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- BklynPete on May 04, 2014
  
  @Z71_Silvy Kevin, I made the mistake of taking TrollZ71's bait. Whatever his animus is, it's personal or paid (read BOT) and not grounded in reality. Ford's marketing includes a particularly gifted social media guru, Scott Monty. One of his top rules is that haters like Z71 are so carried away that NOTHING you say, no matter how logical, is gonna change their POV.
  
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- Dantes_inferno on May 05, 2014
  
  Z71_Silvy: "He may, but he certainly shouldn’t. All he did for Ford was take out a huge loan, lie and cheat to sell cars, lower quality, and increase recalls substantially. Yeah, great CEO." If I were you, I would hope and pray that the GM brass hasn't lied to you about the quality of their Z71 Silverado ignition switches - among other things...
  
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- WildcatMatt on Jun 04, 2014
  
  The problem is that there's a tendency for backsliding. I've been re-reading "On a Clear Day You Can See General Motors" and I'm reminded of how Pontiac started going retrograde the instant DeLorean was moved to Chevrolet.
  
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