FDM Group Regulatory News (FDM)

25 Oct 2007 07:00

Ford Motor Co24 October 2007 Contact: Mark Truby 313-323-0539 mtruby@ford.com FORD MOTOR COMPANY NAMES RAY DAY TO LEAD GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS TEAM DEARBORN, Mich., Oct. 24 - Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) today announced the appointment of Ray Day as vice president of Communications. Day will lead all of the company's global external and internal communicationsand public relations activities, reporting to Jim Farley, the company's newgroup vice president of Marketing and Communications. Day succeeds CharlieHolleran, 62, who is leaving the company after more than three years of servicein leading Ford's Communications team. "Ray Day is a talented, passionate and tireless communications leader. We arethrilled to have his experience and leadership as we accelerate telling the Fordstory to all our stakeholders," said Alan Mulally, Ford's president and chiefexecutive officer. "We also applaud Charlie Holleran for developing the nextgeneration of Ford's communication leadership and for being a strong advocate ofcloser integration of our Marketing and Communications teams under Jim Farley." "Ford's quality and vehicles are now on par with the best of the competition,as recent third-party studies have proven. I look forward to working with Rayand our entire team in communicating those strengths to customers andintroducing even more of them to the family of Ford," added Farley, who was inDearborn this week to meet with members of the Marketing and Communicationsteams and the agencies who work with them. Most recently serving as executive director of Corporate Communications, Day,41, has been spearheading Ford's communications strategy, including plans totransform the company's communications model for today's changing consumer andmedia landscape. Day joined Ford in 1989 and spent most of his career leading Ford's globalcommunications and public relations activities related to the company'sproducts, design, manufacturing, sales, marketing, brand development andcorporate issues. He lived for four years in Europe - serving as head of Ford'sEuropean Product Public Affairs in both Germany and the UK - and started hisFord career leading the company's internal communications network. He was anewspaper reporter and editor before joining Ford. Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn,Mich., manufactures or distributes automobiles in 200 markets across sixcontinents. With about 260,000 employees and about 100 plants worldwide, thecompany's core and affiliated automotive brands include Ford, Jaguar, LandRover, Lincoln, Mercury, Volvo and Mazda. The company provides financialservices through Ford Motor Credit Company. For more information regardingFord's products, please visit www.fordvehicles.com. Go to http://media.ford.com for news releases and high-resolution photographs. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange