Mr. Hackett is less than a year into his tenure running Ford, making a variety of management changes and ordering cost cuts. The departure of Mr. Nair removes a rising star and respected car-engineering expert from Mr. Hackett’s management bench. Mr. Hackett took over for Mark Fields about nine months ago, handing out new assignments to several lieutenants including Mr. Nair. Ford said that Stuart Rowley would be chief operating officer at Ford North America; Joy Falotico will become Ford’s chief marketing officer; and David McClelland will become the new chief executive of Ford Credit. Mr. Hackett demurred, saying the details hadn’t been fleshed out internally yet.

Source: Wall Street Journal February 22, 2018 15:14 UTC