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Old rivalries are over, now come the rising stars.(Appointments)

Automotive News Europe, May, 2004 by Child, Charles

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Byline: Charles Child

The rivalry between David Thursfield and Nick Scheele at Ford Motor Co. is over. The winner is Jim Padilla.

Thursfield, 58, who headed Ford's international operations and purchasing, is retiring.

He clashed in the last few years with Scheele, 60, whose responsibilities are being scaled back. Scheele will remain president, but the Chief Operating Officer position was handed to Padilla, 57.

It means that CEO Bill Ford will have a more harmonious management team and that Padilla has a stronger mandate to improve what he knows best: manufacturing.

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Old rivalries are over, now come the rising stars.(Appointments)

Automotive News Europe, May, 2004 by Child, Charles

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