Huo Jing to leave Ford China as VP of Communications

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Huo Jing, Ford China's vice president (VP) of communications, said on Sept. 28 via her WeChat Moments that she will leave Ford China in mid-October for the reasons of personal pursuit and family duties. However, her whereabouts still remain unknown.

Responding to the resignation, Ford China highly commended Huo Jing for what she has done for the company and show respect to her personal decision.

(Huo Jing delivering speech at Global Future Mobility Conference 2019; photo source: sponsor of GFM 2019)

Ms. Huo joined Ford China in early 2019 as the company's VP of communications. Before starting her career in Ford, Huo served as marketing director of Borgward Group AG Sales Company and executive managing director of Borgward US R&D Center, and had been accountable for China public relations businesses of Nissan and Infiniti.

The recruitment of Huo Jing was part of a scale senior executive reshuffle Ford China carried out to strengthen its localization offensive. In October 2018, Ford Motor Company announced that Ford was reorganizing its Asia Pacific operations in order to speed the company’s global transformation and return to profitable growth in Asia Pacific. Ford China was elevated to a stand-alone business unit, which would report directly to Ford global headquarters.

Meanwhile, Chen Anning, former CEO of Chery Automobile, was named as president and CEO of Ford China to take charge of the Ford’s operations in Greater China, including all import and joint venture operations.

Besides, Yang Song, former CEO of Borgward Group AG, officially joined Ford China’s leadership team as President of National Distribution Service Division (NDSD) in April 2019.