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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedFormer Ford CEO Trotman dies at 71.(Obituary)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Automotive News Europe, May, 2005
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Byline: Bradford Wernle
Alexander Trotman began his career at Ford Motor Co. as a lowly student trainee in the UK purchasing department in the Dagenham plant. He would eventually become CEO and preside over some of Ford's most profitable years.
As someone who worked his way up, Trotman firmly believed in meritocracy - so much so that he opposed the ascent of Bill Ford to chairman of the company that bears his name.
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In 1998 after the Ford family had retaken control, Fortune magazine reported Trotman said to Bill Ford: "So now you have your monarchy back, Prince ...
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