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Mr. James D. Farley Jr., also known as Jim, has been an Executive Vice President of Global Marketing, Sales & Service and Lincoln at Ford Motor Co. since December 1, 2012. Mr. Farley served as Group Vice President of Global Marketing Sales & Service at Ford Motor Co. from August 1, 2010 to December 1, 2012.

He served as Group Vice President of Sales & Global Marketing - Canada Mexico & South America Operations at Ford Motor Co. He served as Group Vice President, Global Marketing & CMSA of Ford Motor Co. He served as Group Vice President, Marketing & Communications of Ford Motor Co. since November 2007 and served as its Group Vice President of U S Marketing Sales and Service. He served as the Head of Marketing Sales & Service in the U.S at Ford Motor Co. since November 2007. He joined Ford in November 2007.

Mr. Farley served as Group Vice President and General Manager of Lexus Division at Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. since May 2007, where he was responsible for all sales, marketing and customer satisfaction activities for Toyota's luxury brand. He also served as Group Vice President and General Manager Lexus Division of Toyota Motor Corp. He served a wide range of positions including Lexus Product Planner, Manager of Truck Product Planning, Manager Truck Series Marketing and National Advertising Manager. He joined Toyota in 1990 in the strategic-planning department. Mr. Farley also served as General Manager of Product Management for Toyota Europe.

He was involved with field sales operations as Central Area manager for the Lexus Division. Previously, he served as Corporate Manager of Scion. He served leadership roles at Toyota Marketing Division after the successful launch of the Scion brand across the United States and has brought an innovative approach to Toyota Marketing, developed as part of the Scion marketing model.

Mr. Farley received an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School.