Key Executive Appointments

Ford Motor Co
09 August 2006


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FORD ANNOUNCES KEY EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS AND 
FINANCE



• John Parker, with 40 years of international experience at Ford Motor Company,
is elected group vice president, Asia Pacific and Africa. Parker previously held
the position of senior executive vice president, Mazda Motor Corporation. 

• Bob Graziano is elected a vice president of Ford Motor Company and is
appointed to the position of executive vice president, Mazda Motor Corporation.

• Jim Gouin is appointed vice president, Finance, Strategy and Business
Development, International Operations. Gouin currently serves as vice president
and controller.

• Peter Daniel is elected senior vice president and controller. Daniel
previously served in the position of vice president, Ford Asia Pacific and
Africa, which is being eliminated with today's announced changes. 

DEARBORN, Mich., Aug. 9 - Ford Motor Company today announced a series of
executive changes in International Operations and corporate Finance. These
changes are expected to deliver more focused development and execution of growth
initiatives within Asia Pacific and Africa, and to provide a better platform for
further integration and alignment of strategies across all of International
Operations.

The following changes are effective Sept. 1, 2006.

John Parker, 58, senior executive vice president, Mazda Motor Corporation, is
appointed to the position of group vice president, Asia Pacific and Africa.
Parker, who will be based in Bangkok, Thailand, will have responsibility for
coordination of all Ford operations and partnerships within Asia Pacific and
Africa, and will continue to manage Mazda's business at the Board level. He will
report to Mark Schulz, executive vice president and president, International
Operations.  Parker joined Ford South Africa in 1965. He has held numerous
international positions in Product Development, Manufacturing and general
management, including assignments with Ford's Asia Pacific and Africa operations
in South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia and India.

'John has a vast international automotive background and is one of our most
experienced leaders,' Schulz said. 'Since he began his career with Ford he has
served in a number of roles throughout Asia Pacific. He knows the region
extremely well, and he has the leadership skills to drive implementation of our
growth plans. With this appointment, we are strengthening and consolidating
responsibility for all of our operations and partnerships in Asia with a single
executive located in the region.'

Succeeding Parker at Mazda is Bob Graziano, 47, currently President and CEO,
Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa. Graziano is elected a Ford Motor Company
vice president and is appointed executive vice president, Mazda Motor
Corporation. In this role, Graziano will have primary responsibility for
Research and Development, Quality, Marketing and Sales, IT and environmental
initiatives. He will report to Hisakazu Imaki, Mazda Chairman of the Board,
president and CEO. His successor at Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa will
be named at a later date.

Graziano joined Ford Motor Company in 1982 as a sales analyst in the Omaha Ford
District office. He then held a number of positions, primarily in product
planning and Sales and Marketing, including general marketing manager, Ford
Brazil and strategic marketing director, Ford South America. Prior to his
position in Southern Africa, Graziano was director, product strategy and
planning for Ford North America.

'Bob brings to Mazda a wide range of experience, including that of developing
markets. This is pertinent as we seek to grow our business in Asia,' Imaki said.
'Bob will play a key role in driving Mazda toward a solid and sustainable
future.'

Jim Gouin, 46, currently the company's vice president and controller, is
appointed vice president, Finance, Strategy and Business Development,
International Operations. Gouin will report to Schulz and to Don Leclair, Ford
Motor Company executive vice president and chief financial officer. In his new
role, Gouin will have responsibility for all finance, strategy and business
development activities within International Operations, as well as operational
responsibility for markets covered by the Export and Growth organization, which
includes the Middle East and more than 100 other export markets.

Gouin joined the company in 1979 in accounting and has held a variety of
positions of increasing responsibility in Finance, North America Automotive
Operations, Vehicle Operations and Marketing and Sales throughout his career.
Prior to his current role as the company's vice president and controller, Gouin
served as controller, North America.

'Jim's experience in the company's key operations, and especially his most
recent leadership role in Finance, will be a major asset to the International
Operations organization,' said Schulz. 'Jim's responsibility will go beyond the
financial aspects of the organization. He also will be responsible for business
development activities for International Operations, and he is well equipped to
handle such a task.'

Peter Daniel, 59, currently vice president, Ford Asia Pacific and Africa, is
elected senior vice president and controller of Ford Motor Company. He will
report to Leclair.

Daniel, who joined Ford Motor Company in 1971, has held numerous international
positions in Finance, including assignments with Ford's operations in South
America and Asia Pacific. His roles have included assignments in Thailand,
Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Malaysia and Brazil. Prior to becoming vice president,
Ford Asia Pacific and Africa, Daniel served as controller of the Americas and
for the company's manufacturing organization.

'In his more than 30 years with the company, Peter has held many key roles in
Finance,' said Leclair. 'The operating and finance experience he brings to this
position will serve the company very well in these difficult times. Peter and I
have worked together on many occasions over the years, and I look forward to
working closely with him again.'

Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn,
Mich., manufactures and distributes automobiles in 200 markets across six
continents. With about 300,000 employees worldwide, the company's core and
affiliated automotive brands include Aston Martin, Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover,
Lincoln, Mazda, Mercury and Volvo. Its automotive-related service includes Ford
Motor Credit Company. For more information regarding Ford's products, please
visit www.fordvehicles.com.




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