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Old 02-05-2018, 09:22 AM   #1
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Default Jamal Hameedi leaving Ford

Jamal Hameedi has tendered his resignation from Ford after 27 years.
Part of the big 3 including Dave Pericak & Raj Nair.

Big shoes to fill, these guys were instrumental in the revival of Ford Performance.

I am very skeptical with this Hackett guy in charge.
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Old 02-05-2018, 09:55 AM   #2
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Not even hanging around to see how the Ranger Raptor sells, is it true he's heading over to join Jaguar Land Rover SVO?
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Maybe he was disgusted at Ford’s decision to can their entire passenger vehicle range, bar the Mustang and Focus Trend...
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Not even hanging around to see how the Ranger Raptor sells, is it true he's heading over to join Jaguar Land Rover SVO?
Yes, that's where he is going, sorry forgot to put that in my post.
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I am very skeptical with this Hackett guy in charge.
I can see where your coming from on that point....

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Unlike General Motors CEO Mary Barra, labelled a "car gal" for her 38 years in the business, Hackett has no experience in automobiles. He comes from thirty years of making furniture and most recently as interim athletic director at the University of Michigan.
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I can see where your coming from on that point....
And yet Alan Mulally came from an aviation background and is hailed as the saviour of the brand.
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I can see where your coming from on that point....

"Hackett has no experience in automobiles. He comes from thirty years of making furniture and most recently as interim athletic director at the University of Michigan."

Don't be too quick to dismiss him. Mr Hackett may be the medicine Ford needs. Management is required. His job will be to get the right people to do the jobs necessary to make Ford's vision a success. Sometimes people from outside can bring about better results, because often they can see the problems, where those in the game sometimes are blind to problems.
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Gawd!!!

I didn't dismiss him, i just related to what Wretched stated and forgot to link to the article......

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/30/ford...ove-fatal.html
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"Hackett has no experience in automobiles. He comes from thirty years of making furniture and most recently as interim athletic director at the University of Michigan."

Don't be too quick to dismiss him. Mr Hackett may be the medicine Ford needs. Management is required. His job will be to get the right people to do the jobs necessary to make Ford's vision a success. Sometimes people from outside can bring about better results, because often they can see the problems, where those in the game sometimes are blind to problems.
Well written. True success comes not when the best people are chosen for the task but when the right person is there to manage them all.
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I've worked for Ford for 20 years and never even heard of this dude. that's how much influence he's had.
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This doesn't really have anything to do with the rest of the business.
Believe it or not, performance is one thing Ford will be spend money on.

This was just a great deal for him at the right time to go to the right place.
Not really about Ford, more about JLR and him personally.
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Gawd!!!

I didn't dismiss him, i just related to what Wretched stated and forgot to link to the article......

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/30/ford...ove-fatal.html
Exactly, it was me jumping to conclusions around Hackett. Whilst I recognised Jamal's departure was long coming, I correlated it with the decision by Ford to remove a number of vehicles from their US lineup and just vented.

I understand that an exec doesn't need to have the industry experience to run the business in an effective and positive way. I admired the introduction and work that Alan Mullaly had done for Ford (coming from airlines).
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