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John Fleming (born 30 January 1951) [1] is a British engineer, and a former senior executive at Ford.
He grew up in Toxteth. He was born in the Dingle, Liverpool. He attended St. Margaret's Church of England School in Aigburth. His mother was a sewing machinist on the trim at Halewood.
Toxteth is an inner city area of Liverpool, England. Toxteth is located to the south of Liverpool city centre, bordered by Canning, Liverpool, Edge Hill, The Dingle and Aigburth.
Dingle is an inner city area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is located to the south of the city, bordered by the adjoining districts of Toxteth and Aigburth. At the 2001 Census, the population was recorded at 13,246.
St Margaret's Church of England Academy is a secondary school for boys in Aigburth, Liverpool, England. It is popularly known as St Margaret's, Aigburth, frequently shortened to "SMA" or "Essemmay". Essemmay is also the name of the former students' association. The "SMA" tag applied equally well for the school's original home in Anfield, Liverpool.
He studied Production Engineering at North East London Polytechnic (since 1992 the University of East London).
Production engineering is a combination of manufacturing technology, engineering sciences with management science. A production engineer typically has a wide knowledge of engineering practices and is aware of the management challenges related to production. The goal is to accomplish the production process in the smoothest, most-judicious and most-economic way.
University of East London (UEL) is a public university located in the London Borough of Newham, London, England, based at three campuses in Stratford and Docklands, following the opening of University Square Stratford in September 2013. The university's roots can be traced back to 1892 when the West Ham Technical Institute was established. It gained university status in 1992.
He joined Ford in 1967 aged 16 at the Halewood Body & Assembly, as a manufacturing apprentice.
Halewood Body & Assembly is a Jaguar Land Rover production facility in Halewood, Merseyside, England.
He became Production Manager of the plant's paint facility in 1984, making the well-known Ford Escort. In 1988 he became responsible for Paint, Trim and Chassis Engineering across Ford of Europe. He returned to Halewood in 1991 as a General Manufacturing Manager, becoming Operations Manager of the plant in 1993. In 1995 he moved to Ford in the USA. [2] In April 2001 he became head of manufacturing for Ford of Europe.
The Ford Escort is a small family car which was manufactured by Ford Europe from 1968 to 2004. The Ford Escort name was also applied to several different small cars produced in North America by Ford between 1981 and 2004.
From 1 October 2005 to December 2009 he was Chief Executive and Chairman of Ford of Europe. At the time Ford of Europe also owned Volvo Cars. Under him, Ford unveiled the Ford Mondeo (third generation) in September 2007 at the Paris Motor Show. Towards the end of his tenure at Ford of Europe, his main competitor, GM Europe was facing the possibility of collapse. He was headquartered in Cologne (Cologne Body & Assembly). The sixth generation of the Ford Fiesta debuted in February 2008; these were built at Cologne and the Ford Valencia Plant; at the time there were discussions about changing the model's name. The second generation of the Ford Ka debuted in July 2009, being developed with Fiat, with the same chassis as the Fiat 500 (2007); at this point the Ford Ka had sold 1.4m worldwide. In March 2010, Ford became Europe's best-selling car-brand, overtaking Volkswagen, selling 192,000 cars in that month, with 10% market share. In September 2012, the Ford Focus became the world's best-selling car, selling 489,000 models in sixth months worldwide.
He retired from Ford in December 2015. [3]
He is married and has two sons and a daughter. [4]
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