原文连结:
https://goo.gl/issnjG
心得/说明:
Ford炒了他们的CEO, 新CEO为自动车部门的负责人.
原因和Ford在自动车/电动车/共享 发展及投资进度有关, 也回应了投资者对于新一代车厂
对于传统车厂造成威胁带来的压力.
原文内容:
PARIS/DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. is expected to announce the departure of CEO Mark Fields in a broad management shake-up, a company source said — a move that reflects growing investor unease over the company's stock market performance and outlook.
Forbes and The New York Times reported that James Hackett, 62, the chairman of the Ford unit that works on autonomous vehicles, would take the helm. An announcement could come as early as Monday.
Ford shares are down by nearly 40% since Fields, 56, took over three years ago, at the peak of the US auto industry's recovery. Now, US auto sales are slipping, and Ford's profit margins are trailing those of its larger rival General Motors Co.
Ford's board of directors and chairman Bill Ford Jr. have been unhappy with the company's performance and sought more reassurance that investments in self-driving cars, electric vehicles, and ride services would pay off. Details of further executive moves were not immediately clear. The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that the company was considering new assignments for some of Fields' top lieutenants.
"We are staying focused on our plan for creating value and profitable growth," a Ford spokesman in Europe said in response to the reports, declining to comment "on speculation or rumors."
The turbulence at Ford comes as all three Detroit automakers are under pressure to prove they can avoid losses as the US auto market, source of the bulk of their profits, is slowing down after last year's record sales.
GM CEO Mary Barra is fending off attacks from the hedge fund Greenlight Capital and its leader, David Einhorn, who wants to install three new directors on the automaker's board and split GM's stock into two classes. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is fighting accusations by US and California regulators that it used software to cheat on diesel-emissions tests, and CEO Sergio Marchionne has so far been unsuccessful in his effort to find a merger partner for the company.
Challenging times