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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

William Ford

55 2006 Executive Chairman of the Board

Alan Mulally

67 2006 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Robert Shanks

60 2012 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President

Mark Fields

52 2012 Chief Operating Officer

James Farley

50 2012 Executive Vice President - Global Marketing, Sales and Service and Lincoln

John Fleming

62 2009 Executive Vice President - Global Manufacturing and Labor Affairs

Joseph Hinrichs

46 2012 Executive Vice President and President, The Americas

Stephen Odell

57 2012 Executive Vice President and President, Europe, Middle East and Africa

Nick Smither

54 2008 Group Vice President, Chief Information Officer

David Leitch

52 2005 Group Vice President, General Counsel

Stuart Rowley

45 2012 Vice President, Controller

Felicia Fields

47 2008 Group Vice President - Human Resources and Corporate Services

Tony Brown

56 2008 Group Vice President - Global Purchasing

Ray Day

2013 Group Vice President - Communications

Bennie Fowler

56 2008 Group Vice President - Quality

J. Mays

58 2003 Group Vice President, Chief Creative Officer

Raj Nair

48 2012 Group Vice President - Global Product Development

Ziad Ojakli

45 2004 Group Vice President - Government and Community Relations

David Schoch

61 2012 Group Vice President and President, Asia Pacific

Bernard Silverstone

57 2013 Group Vice President; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ford Motor Credit Co.

Edsel Ford

64 1998 Director

Stephen Butler

65 2004 Independent Director

Kimberly Casiano

55 2003 Independent Director

Anthony Earley

63 2009 Independent Director

Richard Gephardt

72 2009 Independent Director

James Hance

68 2010 Independent Director

William Helman

43 2011 Independent Director

Jon Huntsman

52 2012 Independent Director

Richard Manoogian

76 2001 Independent Director

Ellen Marram

66 1988 Independent Director

Homer Neal

70 1997 Independent Director

Gerald Shaheen

68 2007 Independent Director

John Thornton

59 1996 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

William Ford

Mr. William Clay Ford, Jr., is Executive Chairman of the Board of Ford Motor Co. Mr. Ford has held number of management positions within Ford, including Vice President — Commercial Truck Vehicle Center. From 1995 until October 30, 2001, Mr. Ford was Chair of the Finance Committee. Effective January 1, 1999, he was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors and effective October 30, 2001, he was elected Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Ford also is Vice Chairman of The Detroit Lions, Inc., Chairman of the Detroit Economic Club, and Trustee of The Henry Ford. He also is a Vice Chairman of Business Leaders for Michigan.

Alan Mulally

Mr. Alan R. Mulally is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Ford Motor Co. Mr. Mulally was elected President and Chief Executive Officer of Ford effective September 1, 2006. Since March 2001, Mr. Mulally had been Executive Vice President of the Boeing Company and President and Chief Executive Officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. He also was a member of the Boeing Executive Council. Prior to that time, Mr. Mulally served as President of Boeing's space and defense business. Mr. Mulally has served as co-chair of the Washington Competitiveness Council, and has sat on the advisory boards of NASA, the University of Washington, the University of Kansas, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of England's Royal Academy of Engineering.

Robert Shanks

Mr. Robert L. Shanks is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Ford Motor Co. He is no longer Vice President and Controller effective April 1, 2012. Since joining Ford as an accounts receivable analyst in 1977, Shanks has held a variety of leadership positions including serving as Controller for The Americas, head of Operations Support, Finance and Strategy for Ford of Europe and Premier Automotive Group (PAG), chief financial officer for PAG and chief financial officer for Mazda Motor Corporation. In addition to other finance positions within Mazda, North America and South America, he led the finance function in Taiwan's Ford Lio Ho Motor Company and business development activities in Ford's Asia-Pacific operations. He holds a bachelor's degree in foreign service from Georgetown University and a master's degree in international management from the American Graduate School of International Management.

Mark Fields

Mr. Mark Fields is Chief Operating Officer of Ford Motor Co. Prior to being named Ford executive vice president and president of Ford of The Americas in October 2005, Fields,, served as executive vice president, Ford of Europe and Premier Automotive Group (PAG). There, he led all activities for Ford's premium vehicle business group, and for Ford-brand vehicles manufactured and sold in European countries. Prior to that, Fields was chairman and CEO of PAG. Fields joined Ford in July 1989. From 2000 to 2002, he was president and CEO of Mazda Motor Company, the company through a period of transformation. He previously held a number of positions in both North America and South America, including managing director of Ford Argentina.

James Farley

Mr. James D. Farley, Jr., is Executive Vice President - Global Marketing, Sales and Service and Lincoln of Ford Motor Co. He joined Ford in November 2007. Farley has led Ford's drive to connect closely with customers through integrated global marketing, advertising, digital, brand development and research. Prior to joining Ford, Farley was group vice president and general manager of Lexus, responsible for sales, marketing and customer satisfaction activities for Toyota's Lexus luxury brand. Before Lexus, Farley served as group vice president of Toyota Division marketing and was responsible for all Toyota Division market planning, advertising, merchandising, sales promotion, incentives and Internet activities. He also was general manager of product management for Toyota Europe.

John Fleming

Mr. John Fleming is Executive Vice President - Global Manufacturing and Labor Affairs of Ford Motor Co. He served as Executive Vice President of Ford Motor Company and has been appointed Chairman of Ford Europe and Volvo in November 2008. He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ford Europe. He was Group Vice President and President and CEO, Ford of Europe, in 2005. He joined Ford's manufacturing operations in the UK in 1967. During his career, Fleming has served in a variety of leadership positions in Ford's global Manufacturing operations, including managing four automotive assembly plants and three stamping and component plants.

Joseph Hinrichs

Mr. Joseph R. Hinrichs is Executive Vice President and President, The Americas of Ford Motor Co. He served as Group Vice President - Global Manufacturing and Labor Affairs of Ford Motor Company since January 2008. Mr. Hinrichs joined Ford in 2000 as plant manager of the Van Dyke Transmission Plant in Sterling Heights, Mich. Since then, he has served in a number of key leadership positions within Ford's manufacturing operations, including executive director of the company's Material Planning and Logistics organization, manufacturing director for Vehicle Operations, vice president of Vehicle Operations and vice president of North America Manufacturing. Hinrichs served as president and CEO of Ford Motor Company of Canada.

Stephen Odell

Mr. Stephen T. Odell is Executive Vice President and President, Europe, Middle East and Africa of Ford Motor Co. He was appointed Ford group vice president, chairman and CEO of Ford of Europe in August 2010. Prior to this, Odell was president and CEO of Volvo Car Corporation; chief operating officer, Ford of Europe; vice president of Marketing, Sales and Service, Ford of Europe; director and senior managing executive officer in charge of Marketing, Sales and Customer Services at Mazda; and vice president, Marketing and Sales, Jaguar North America. Odell joined Ford Motor Company in 1980 as a graduate trainee for Ford of Britain.

Nick Smither

Mr. Nick Smither is Group Vice President, Chief Information Officer of Ford Motor Co. He joined Ford in 1980 as an engineer in Product Development for Ford of Europe. He moved to Information Technology in 1983 as a systems analyst and subsequently held a variety of management positions in Product Development, Finance and Marketing and Sales. In 1995, Smither relocated to the U.S. to lead Information Technology integration of South American locations as part of Ford 2000.

David Leitch

Mr. David G. Leitch is Group Vice President, General Counsel of Ford Motor Co. He served as Deputy Assistant and Deputy Counsel to President George W. Bush from December 2002 to March 2005. From June 2001 until December 2002, he served as Chief Counsel for the Federal Aviation Administration, overseeing a staff of 290 in Washington and the agency’s 11 regional offices. Prior to June 2001, Mr. Leitch was a partner at Hogan & Hartson LLP in Washington DC, where his practice focused on appellate litigation in state and federal court.

Stuart Rowley

Mr. Stuart Rowley is Vice President and Controller of Ford Motor Co. He joined Ford in 1990 as a financial analyst for Ford of Britain and has served as the CFO and Vice President Strategic Planning of Ford Europe since August 2010. Previously, he served as CFO and Senior Vice President of Volvo Car Corporation and as Vice President Finance Ford Australia in addition to finance management positions in the Philippines, North America and Europe.

Felicia Fields

Ms. Felicia Fields is Group Vice President - Human Resources and Corporate Services of Ford Motor Co. She joined Ford Motor Company in 1986 as a Ford College Graduate. In addition to her broad exposure to Ford, she has experience in acquiring and developing talent, succession planning and leadership development. Fields actively participates in education and youth-oriented events in the community. She serves on the board of directors for the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering and was named by Automotive News as a 2005 "Woman in the North American Automotive Industry." Fields received a bachelor of arts degree in psychology with high distinction for the University of Michigan and a master's degree in administration from Central Michigan University. She also has certifications in the fields of leadership development, personal effectiveness and diversity.

Tony Brown

Ray Day

Bennie Fowler

J. Mays

Mr. J C. Mays is Group Vice President, Chief Creative Officer of Ford Motor Company. Previously he served as Vice President - Design.

Raj Nair

Mr. Raj Nair is Group Vice President - Global Product Development of Ford Motor Co. Since joining Ford as a Body and Assembly launch engineer in 1987, Nair has held a variety of leadership positions in Europe, Asia Pacific Africa and The Americas, including vice president of Operations for Ford's Asia Pacific and Africa region, executive director of Commodity Business Planning, executive director, North American Product Development and director of New Model Programs for Advanced & Manufacturing Engineering. Nair holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering with an automotive specialty from Kettering University in Flint, Mich., and was named the recipient of the 2007 Kettering Alumni Achievement Award in Engineering.

Ziad Ojakli

Mr. Ziad S. Ojakli is Group Vice President - Government and Community Relations of Ford Motor Co. Mr. Ojakli was Principal Deputy for Legislative Affairs for President George W. Bush from December 2002 to 2003, and was Deputy Assistant to the President from 2001 to 2002. Prior to that, from 1998 to 2000, he was the Policy Director and Chief of Staff to the Senate Republican Conference Secretary.

David Schoch

Mr. David L. Schoch is Group Vice President and President, Asia Pacific of Ford Motor Company. He has held senior leadership positions on four continents, most recently as chairman and CEO of Ford Motor China, a position to which he was named in November 2011. Schoch's global experience includes senior leadership roles in North America, South America, South Africa and Asia Pacific. This includes serving as controller, The Americas, as well as executive director, Ford Canada, Mexico and South America Operations. He also served as chief financial officer and vice president of Strategic Planning for Ford of Europe. Before that, Schoch was chief financial officer of Ford Asia Pacific Operations. He joined the company as a financial analyst in 1977.

Bernard Silverstone

Mr. Bernard B. Silverstone is Group Vice President of Ford Motor Company and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ford Motor Credit Co, a subsidiary of the Company. He has served at Ford Credit for 33 years and will continue Ford Credit's strategies to improve and expand its business and profitably support Ford's growth plans. Silverstone was named to his present position as chief operating officer of Ford Credit in January. He previously led Ford Credit's marketing and sales operations globally and the company's International Operations, which covers all Ford Credit business outside the U.S. and Canada. Before that, he served as chairman of Ford Credit Europe. Silverstone joined Ford Credit Britain in 1979 and has held a wide variety of staff, operations and leadership positions in the North American, European and Asia Pacific regions.

Edsel Ford

Mr. Edsel B. Ford, II, is Director of Ford Motor Co. Mr. Ford is a retired Vice President of Ford Motor Company and former President and Chief Operating Officer of Ford Motor Credit Company. He presently serves as a consultant to the Company. He is Director of International Speedway Corporation.

Stephen Butler

Mr. Stephen G. Butler is Independent Director of Ford Motor Co. He is retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, KPMG, LLP. Mr. Butler served as Chairman and CEO of KPMG, LLP from 1996 until his retirement on June 30, 2002. Mr. Butler held a variety of management positions, both in the United States and internationally, during his 33-year career at KPMG. He is Director of Cooper Industries, PLC; ConAgra Foods, Inc.

Kimberly Casiano

Ms. Kimberly A. Casiano is Independent Director of Ford Motor Co. On January 1, 2010, Ms. Casiano established Kimberly Casiano & Associates, where she is President. The firm provides advisory services in marketing, recruiting, communications, advocacy, and diversity to target the U.S. Hispanic market, the Caribbean, and Latin America. From 1994 until December 31, 2009, Ms. Casiano was President and Chief Operating Officer of Casiano Communications, a publishing and direct marketing company. From 1987 to 1994, she held a number of management positions within Casiano Communications in the periodicals and magazines and the bilingual direct marketing and call center divisions of the company. Ms. Casiano is a member of the Board of Directors of Mutual of America, Scotiabank of Puerto Rico, and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.

Anthony Earley

Mr. Anthony F. Earley, Jr., is Independent Director of Ford Motor Co. Mr. Earley became Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of PG&E Corporation in September 2011. Previously, Mr. Earley was Executive Chairman of DTE Energy since October 2010. He had been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DTE Energy since 1998. Mr. Earley joined DTE Energy in 1994 as President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to that time, Mr. Earley served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Long Island Lighting Company, an electric and gas utility in New York. Mr. Earley is a director of the Nuclear Energy Institute and the Edison Electric Institute. Mr. Earley also has served on the boards of numerous charitable and civic organizations, including United Way of the Bay Area, the Bay Area Council, and the Exploratorium. He served as an officer in the United States Navy nuclear submarine program where he was qualified as a chief engineer officer. Within the past five years, Mr. Earley served on the board of Comerica, Inc., Masco Corp., and DTE Energy.

Richard Gephardt

Mr. Richard A. Gephardt is Independent Director of Ford Motor Co. Mr. Gephardt has been President and Chief Executive Officer since 2005 of Gephardt Group, LLC, a multi-disciplined consulting firm. He also served as Strategic Advisor for the Government Affairs practice group of DLA Piper, one of the world's legal services providers, and as a consultant to Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. Gephardt is the former Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives and served 14 terms in Congress from 1976 until January 2005. While in Congress, he served on the Budget Committee and on the Ways and Means Committee. Mr. Gephardt was elected Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus in 1984; and he served as majority leader from 1989 to 1994. In 1994, he was elected House Democratic Leader, the top Democratic leadership position in the House. Mr. Gephardt also served as minority leader from 1995 to 2003. Within the past five years, Mr. Gephardt served on the board of Dana Holding Corporation.

James Hance

Mr. James H. Hance, Jr., is Independent Director of Ford Motor Co. Mr. Hance is the former chief financial officer and former vice chairman and member of the Board of Bank of America, where he retired in 2005 after 18 years with the company. A certified public accountant, Mr. Hance spent 17 years with Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) in Philadelphia and Charlotte. From August 1985 until December 1986, he was chairman and co-owner of Consolidated Coin Caterers Corp. In March 1987, Mr. Hance joined NCNB, a predecessor to Bank of America. Mr. Hance also is a trustee of Washington University in St. Louis and Johnson & Wales University, based in Providence, R.I. Mr. Hance is the non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Sprint Nextel Corp. and an operating executive with the Carlyle Group. Within the past five years, Mr. Hance served on the boards of Rayonier, Inc.; Carlyle Capital Corporation; and Morgan Stanley Corp.

William Helman

Mr. William W. Helman, IV, is Independent Director of Ford Motor Co. Mr. Helman joined Greylock Partners in 1984. Greylock is a venture capital firm focused on early stage investments in technology, consumer internet, and healthcare. Mr. Helman led Greylock's investments in Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Hyperion, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, and UPromise, among others, and today sits on the board of ZipCar, Inc. In addition, Mr. Helman serves on the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College and on the Board of Harvard Management Company. He is on the Board of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Steppingstone Foundation, the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hospital, and is a member of the Harvard Medical School Board of Fellows.

Jon Huntsman

Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., is Independent Director of Ford Motor Co. Governor Huntsman was appointed Chairman of the Huntsman Cancer Foundation on January 26, 2012. He was United States Ambassador to China from August 2009 until April 2011. Prior to that, Gov. Huntsman was twice elected Governor of Utah from 2005 to 2009. He began his public service career as a White House staff assistant to President Ronald Reagan and has since included appointments as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Asia, U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, and Deputy U.S. Trade Representative. Gov. Huntsman is a founding director of the Pacific Council on International Policy and serves on the boards of the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation and the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. He also has served on the boards of the Brookings Institute Asia Policy Board, the Center for Strategic and International Studies Pacific Forum, the Asia Society in New York, and the National Bureau of Asian Research.

Richard Manoogian

Mr. Richard A. Manoogian is Independent Director of Ford Motor Co. Mr. Manoogian has been with Masco since 1958, became Vice President and a member of the Board in 1964, President in 1968, and Chairman in 1985. Mr. Manoogian served as Chief Executive Officer of Masco from 1985 until he transitioned to Executive Chairman in July 2007. Effective June 30, 2009, Mr. Manoogian retired from the position of Executive Chairman of Masco. Mr. Manoogian is a member of the Board of Business Leaders for Michigan, The Henry Ford, and the Detroit Economic Club. Within the past five years, Mr. Manoogian served on the board of JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Ellen Marram

Ms. Ellen R. Marram is Independent Director of Ford Motor Co. Ms. Marram is President of the Barnegat Group, LLC, a business advisory firm. From September 2000 through December 2005, Ms. Marram was Managing Director of North Castle Partners, LLC, a private equity firm. Ms. Marram previously served as President and CEO of Tropicana Beverage Group from September 1997 until November 1998, and had previously served as President of the Group, as well as Executive Vice President of The Seagram Company Ltd. and Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. Before joining Seagram in 1993, she served as President and CEO of Nabisco Biscuit Company and Senior Vice President of the Nabisco Foods Group from June 1988 until April 1993. Ms. Marram is a trustee of Wellesley College, an Advisor Emeritus to Deutsche Bank NA, and serves on a number of non-profit boards, including Institute for the Future, New York Presbyterian Hospital, and the Lincoln Center Theater. Within the past five years, Ms. Marram served on the board of Cadbury Schweppes plc.

Homer Neal

Dr. Homer A. Neal is Independent Director of Ford Motor Co. Dr. Neal is Director, University of Michigan ATLAS Project, Samuel A. Goudsmit Distinguished Professor of Physics, Interim President Emeritus and Vice President for Research Emeritus at the University of Michigan. He joined the University as Chairman of its Physics Department in 1987 and in 1993 was named University Vice President of Research. Dr. Neal served as Interim President of the University of Michigan from July 1, 1996 to February 1, 1997. He has served as a member of the U.S. National Science Board, the Advisory Board of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, as Trustee of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, as a member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution and as a member of the Advisory Board for the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He has also been a member of the Board of Physics and Astronomy of the National Research Council and has served as Chair of the Physics Advisory Council of the National Science Foundation. Dr. Neal currently is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Richard Lounsbery Foundation and a member of the Council of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. His research area is high energy physics and he is presently involved in the ATLAS experiment at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva, Switzerland.

Gerald Shaheen

Mr. Gerald L. Shaheen is Independent Director of Ford Motor Co. Mr. Shaheen was appointed Group President of Caterpillar in November 1998 and had responsibility for the design, development and production of the company's construction and mining equipment, as well as marketing and sales operations in North America, Caterpillar's components business, and its research and development division. Mr. Shaheen joined Caterpillar in 1967 and held a variety of management positions. He retired from Caterpillar effective February 1, 2008. Mr. Shaheen is a board member and past chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a board member of the MS Society of Greater Illinois, Chairman of the Illinois Neurological Institute, and past chairman of the Board of Trustees of Bradley University. Within the past five years, Mr. Shaheen served on the board of National City Corporation.

John Thornton

Mr. John Lawson Thornton is Independent Director of Ford Motor Co. Mr. Thornton retired as President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., on June 30, 2003. Mr. Thornton was appointed to that post in 1999 and formerly served as Chairman of Goldman Sachs — Asia from 1996 to 1998. He was previously Co-Chief Executive of Goldman Sachs International, the firm's business in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Mr. Thornton is non-executive Chairman of HSBC North America Holdings, Inc. and Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Barrick Gold Corporation. In addition, Mr. Thornton is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Brookings Institution. Within the past five years, Mr. Thornton served on the Boards of Intel, Inc., Industrial Commercial Bank of China Limited, China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited, and News Corporation.
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