F - Ford Motor Company (F) Deutsche Bank Global Auto Industry Conference (Transcript)
2024-06-11 22:37:05 ET
Ford Motor Company (F)
Deutsche Bank Global Auto Industry Conference
June 11, 2024 10:30 AM ET
Company Participants
John Lawler - CFO
Conference Call Participants
Emmanuel Rosner - Deutsche Bank
Presentation
Emmanuel Rosner
All right. Good morning, everybody. Thank you so much for joining us for this keynote session with Ford as part of Deutsche Bank's Global Automotive Conference. My name is Emmanuel Rosner. I'm the lead U.S. autos analyst here at Deutsche Bank. I am extremely pleased to be joined today by John Lawler, who is the CFO of the company, but also recently named Vice Chair and so congratulations for this and thanks for being with us.
Just for the purpose of the webcast, this is meant to be a 45-minute session because this is counting down to 35. Ford needs no introduction, but it's a leading global automaker. In the last couple of years, Ford has been executing against its Ford Plus plan, segmenting the business into Ford Blue, Model E and Ford Pro. Ford has shared strategies, targets and opportunities for each of the businesses. And today, we're hoping to get a pulse on how things are going, and we'll also dive deeper into the longer-term strategic opportunity. So with this, John, thanks again.
John Lawler
Thanks for having me.
Question-and-Answer Session
Q - Emmanuel Rosner
So to start, congratulations on being recently promoted to Vice Chair. Can you talk to us about your new role and what the top two or three things you will focus on are?
John Lawler
Sure. Well, I'll continue in this role as CFO through the end of the year. We have Sherry House has come in. She's going to be a great CFO when she takes over, great automotive experience, banking experience, tech experience, perfect background for where we're headed as a company. So I'm really excited about this role. I've run operations. I was in the strategy group when we found -- did the foundational elements of the Ford Plus plan.
And I'm looking forward to get back to focusing on some of the strategic initiatives we need to push forward and accelerate given the amount of disruption we have in the industry. So alliances are going to be critical. The choices on technologies in areas where we choose to invest and expand as well as partnerships. So I'll be responsible for global partnerships, the ones we have today and the ones we need to develop and put in place....
Ford Motor Company (F) Deutsche Bank Global Auto Industry Conference (Transcript)