Ford’s new CEO Jim Farley restructures operations and shakes up executive ranks as automaker struggles to execute turnaround plan PUBLISHED THU, OCT 1 20208:02 AM EDTUPDATED 2 HOURS AGO Michael Wayland @MIKEWAYLAND KEY POINTS Farley, who succeeds Jim Hackett, is streamlining operations and refocusing on key growth areas like autonomous and electric technologies as well as commercial vehicles. For years, the company has failed to gain Wall Street’s confidence in its business operations and labored to execute an $11 billion turnaround plan orchestrated by Hackett in 2018. Farley succeeded Jim Hackett, who announced his retirement in August, effective Thursday.
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