W. Wayne Booker Vice Chairman Ford Motor Company

Wayne Booker is vice chairman of Ford Motor Company. In January 1999, he assisted with the transition to the new management team, especially in the new markets and business development in growth markets.

Named a company vice president on Oct. 12, 1989 and vice chairman on Nov. 1, 1996, he also was in charge of all of the company's international automotive operations prior to their integration into Ford Automotive Operations in January 1996.

Booker joined the company in 1959 as a Ford Division cost analyst. He moved to the Automotive Assembly Division (AAD) in 1961 as a financial analyst and became a supervisor in the division's Cost Analysis Department in 1963.

Booker moved to the Norfolk (Va.) Assembly Plant in 1966 to serve as plant controller. In 1967, he became manager of the profit analysis department at AAD and in 1968, was appointed to the position of executive assistant to the general manager of AAD.

In 1969, he transferred to Finance Staff as a supervisor in the Latin American Financial Analysis Department and the following year, was named assistant manager of the Overseas Profit Analysis Department.

In 1971, Booker was appointed finance director for Ford of Mexico. Three years later, he became staff director of Finance for Latin American Automotive Operations.

Booker was named divisional controller for the Engine Division in 1977 and assistant controller of Profit and Market Analysis, North American Automotive Operations in 1978.

He became assistant controller of International Automotive Operations (IAO) in 1981, director - president of Ford of Brazil in 1986 and director - executive vice president of Autolatina Limitada, the holding company for Ford's joint venture with Volkswagen in Brazil and Argentina, in January 1987. Booker was later appointed executive director, Latin American Automotive Operations in 1988.

In addition to his Ford responsibilities, Booker serves on the board of Koc Holdings A.S. and several international councils. Besides being the chairman of the National Center for Asia Pacific Economic Council (APEC), Booker participates in the US-China Business Council, the National Committee on US-China Relations and the US-Thailand Business Council as well.

Booker was born Aug. 28, 1934, in Sullivan, Ind., and holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Purdue University.

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