Ford New Zealand announces new Managing Director

Ford New Zealand announces new Managing Director

Auckland, 28 June 2013 – Ford New Zealand is pleased to announce the appointment of Corey Holter as Managing Director of Ford New Zealand, effective 1 July 2013. Prior to this role, Corey Holter held the position of Asia Pacific Marketing Strategy Director, based in the company’s Shanghai Ford Asia Pacific head office.

Corey joined Ford Motor Company in the United States in 1996 and has held a variety of strategic marketing roles around the world since. He began his Ford career in Dearborn where he was a member of the North American Fleet, Lease and Remarketing group, before being transferred to the Customer Service Division in Atlanta, Georgia in 1997. Following that, he was appointed to the Lincoln Mercury Division in Washington D.C. in 1999. He then went back to Dearborn in 2001 to take up the Global Strategic Alliances Manager role within Ford’s Customer Service Division. In 2002, he was appointed Ford Marketing Manager for the Escape (Kuga) and Escape Hybrid.

In 2004, Corey joined Ford of Europe when he became Marketing Manager for medium cars in Cologne, Germany. He was responsible for a number of programmes including the Focus, Focus ST and Kuga. He also held the roles of Medium Car Brand Manager and then Global Advanced Product Marketing Manager in Cologne before being appointed Marketing Strategy Director in 2011 in Ford Asia Pacific based in Shanghai.

Corey is originally from the United States and has an M.B.A. from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a B.Sc. from Georgetown University.

Corey replaces Neale Hill, who has been appointed General Manager Sales of Ford Australia, effective 1 July 2013.

About Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Mich., manufactures or distributes automobiles across six continents. With about 166,000 employees and about 70 plants worldwide, the company’s automotive brands include Ford and Lincoln. The company provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company. For more information regarding Ford’s products in New Zealand, please visit www.ford.co.nz

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