Ford Motor Company announced senior leadership moves designed to build on significant progress against its Ford+ plan and speed profitable growth through a more resilient business. John Lawler, Ford?s CFO since October 2020, will initially continue in that role while also becoming vice chair, a position in which he will lead the company in areas critical to its long-term success. Additionally, Sherry House, who most recently was CFO at electric vehicle maker Lucid Motors, is joining Ford as vice president, Finance, part of a plan to succeed Lawler as CFO in early 2025.

In the meantime, she will oversee financial planning and analysis as well as the finance organizations for the company?s automotive businesses: Ford Blue, Ford Pro and Ford Model e. Both assignments are effective in early June. As vice chair, Lawler will focus on: · The next phase of Ford?s strategic development, including important choices across technologies, markets, alliances and segments · All current and future global partnerships, which are increasingly vital to Ford?s customer insight, technological capabilities and competitiveness, and · Engagement with global leaders as vice chair, including in China, Southeast Asia and Europe, to advance industry-critical policy in areas vital to Ford?s strategic and commercial imperatives. Lawler?s vice chair assignment will take advantage of an organizationally and geographically expansive Ford career.

Among past assignments, he spent nearly four years as president of Ford China during a period of record in-country performance; oversaw Ford?s autonomous vehicles business and mobility partnerships; was controller and CFO of global markets; and served in Ford of Europe. In joining Ford, House is returning to her home state and where she began her career in a now rapidly changing auto industry ? something she?s influenced directly.

House served as CFO at Lucid Motors for nearly three years until last December, a period in which the company went public, started producing and delivering its luxury EVs, and opened manufacturing plants in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. Prior to joining Lucid, she held several senior leadership positions at Waymo, the California-based autonomous-driving technology company, including as treasurer and, at different times, head of investor relations, corporate development and corporate finance. Earlier, House spent a decade working in venture capital, private equity and investment banking.

She served two tenures at General Motors, first in product engineering, then corporate development and strategy, accounting, venture capital, and business planning and analysis. House holds master?s degrees in business administration and manufacturing engineering from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and bachelor of science degrees in mechanical and industrial engineering from Kettering University in Flint, Mich. In 2022, she was named an Industry Influencer by the Automotive Hall of Fame.