This combination of Associated Press file photos show Ford Motor Co. President and CEO Alan Mulally, at left, on Sept. 18, 2012 in New York, and Mark Fields, right, Ford president of the Americas, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, in Flat Rock, Mich. Longtime Ford executive Mark Fields was named chief operating officer of the company on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, putting him in line to replace CEO Alan Mulally as soon as 2015. (AP Photo/File)
Ford's Mark Fields promoted, could become CEO
This combination of Associated Press file photos show Ford Motor Co. President and CEO Alan Mulally, at left, on Sept. 18, 2012 in New York, and Mark Fields, right, Ford president of the Americas, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, in Flat Rock, Mich. Longtime Ford executive Mark Fields was named chief operating officer of the company on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, putting him in line to replace CEO Alan Mulally as soon as 2015. (AP Photo/File)
By DEE-ANN DURBIN
AP Auto Writers /
November 1, 2012
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— David Schoch, currently chairman of Ford China, will become head of the Asia Pacific region.
— Stephen Odell, group vice president of Europe, adds the Middle East and Africa to his responsibilities. Odell is also considered a candidate to succeed Mulally.
— Jim Farley, head of global marketing, will become the head of Ford’s luxury Lincoln brand. Lincoln has been struggling, and Ford is trying to revive it with new products. It’s also introducing Lincoln to China in 2014.
Ford hasn’t had a COO since 2006, when former President and COO Jim Padilla retired. Mulally said he has never worked with a COO, either at Ford or at Boeing Co., where he spent 36 years before coming to Ford.
‘‘I'm really looking forward to nurturing Mark and supporting this team,’’ Mulally said.
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