John Lawler and Linda Zhang, Ford Chief Financial Officer and all-electric F-150 Lightning chief engineer, ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on April 28, 2022.
Ford has named an electric vehicle start-up’s former CFO who was wide awake last Friday. This comes as it confirmed that its present CFO would be given more powers to oversee the continual efforts of its corporate reorganization plan. The company will issue a press release.
Sherry House, formerly of Lucid, will serve as Ford’s vice president of finance beginning in early June. In the statement, she is expected to become the CFO by early next year.
While continuing to serve as Treasurer of Ford Motor Company, John Lawler’s role will be expanded to include Vice Chairman.
Since October 2020 he has been the treasurer..
This problem means that this automaker may have to spend up to $1.9 billion by 2023 on warranty claims compared with a range between US$7 billion and US$8 billion.
This move is part of Ford’s push towards electric vehicles.According to February sales numbers for the carmaker With respect to fully hybrid and fully electric vehicles there was a sales growth increase of 10.5% in U.S(new). Specifically, all-electric vehicles grew by 81%.
“Electric cars are coming; they are going to be part of our future.” Said Lawler in February.
However, this division has yet to turn a profit.Ford predicts that within its initial release made in February for fiscal year 2024 EV business It will lose $5bn-$5.5bn net loss this year according to guidance provided earlier this year updating their predictions on Electric Vehicle Business.
Lucid Motors’ financial officer from late December is Sherry House.She helped them go public during this time producing luxury electric vehicles and putting them onto North American assembly lines while also setting up operations in Saudi Arabia. The past experience also includes work at the following autonomous driving tech companies: Waymo and General Motors.
In a news release, Ford President and CEO Jim Farley said, “Shirley brings tremendous leadership to Ford as we urgently need to build a profitable EV business, create new recurring revenue streams and develop a more sustainable electric vehicle ecosystem”. A dynamic and resilient company press release.
Ford’s 2022 restructure has seen the firm split its business between electric cars and regular vehicles for maximization of profit from growing EV sector.
