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Michael Bannister
Title: Chairman and CEO, Ford Motor Credit Company; Executive Vice President, Ford Motor Company
Mike Bannister is chairman and chief executive officer of Ford Motor Credit Company LLC and is responsible for all operations of Ford Motor Credit worldwide. He is also an executive vice president of the Ford Motor Company.
Bannister was previously president and chief operating officer of Ford Motor Credit, responsible for all sales and marketing functions globally, service centers, quality, customer satisfaction, process management and insurance operations.
He has also served as president of Ford Financial International where he led the company's operations in Asia-Pacific, Europe and Latin America. In addition, he served as chairman, Ford Financial Europe.
Bannister joined Ford Motor Credit in 1973 and has held a number of branch and regional management operating positions in North America. He also served as manager, Sales Analysis and Rate Administration, Marketing; vice president of Marketing in North America; and executive director, European Sales Operations.
Bannister earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Memphis State University, now the University of Memphis. Active in the community, he is a member of the board of directors of the National Council on economic Educations and serves on the finance and audit committee. In addition, Bannister serves on the executive and finance committees of the board of directors of the YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit and on the Detroit Investment Fund Board, a Detroit Renaissance affiliate.
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January, 2008