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MR. C. THACKER has been appointed deputy chairman of the-Ford Motor Co., Ltd., Dagenham. He will also continue as managing director, a position he has held since 1957. Mr. J. A. Barke has been appointed assistant managing director with responsibility for the operating . groups and divisions and for all • central staff activities.
Since 1924
Mr. Thacker has been with the c6mpany since 1924, and joined the board in 1953. He became assistant managing director in the same year.
Mr. Barke joined the company' in 1932
and became chief buyer in 1947. In 1948 he was appointed manager of their Leamington foundry and five years later, on the company's acquisition of Briggs Motor Bodies, Ltd., became director and general manager of that subsidiary_ He was appointed director of product divisions in April, 1959, with responsibility for all sales activities in domestic and export markets, and was elected to the board last April.
31 Years' Service Mr. J. MA. Smith, assistant managing director since 1953, is resigning on December 31 after 31 years' service. Mr. Smith was appointed company secretary in 1939 and became director of finance and administration in 1951. He was the 1959-60 president of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
Ford also announce the following appointments: Mr. J. E. Read as general manager, sales divisions, with responsibility for all sales activities covering cars, trucks and spare parts in both domestic and export markets; Mr. S. T. Rees as assistant group general manager, body and assembly groups, responsible to the group general manager. Mr. A. J. Taylor; and Mr. S. G. Cross as group manager, assembly group, in succession to Mr. S. T. Rees.