John L. Thornton was elected to the Ford Motor Company board of directors in 1996. He serves on the compensation, talent and culture committee; finance committee; and nominating and governance committee.  Mr. Thornton serves as the board’s lead independent director.

Mr. Thornton has served as Chairman of Barrick Gold Corporation since February 2024, following his role as Executive Chairman from April 2014 to February 2024. He also serves as Non-Executive Chairman of PineBridge Investments, a global asset manager, and Chairman of RedBird Capital Partners, a private investment firm. Mr. Thornton serves as lead director on the Boards of Lenovo Group Limited, Divergent Technologies, a digital advanced manufacturing company focused on the automotive and aerospace-defense industries, and Avathon, a leading industrial artificial intelligence company.

He is a Professor of Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management in Beijing and serves as the Director of its Global Leadership Program. He is also an Advisory Board member of Tsinghua’s School of Economics and Management and its School of Public Policy and Management. Mr. Thornton is Co-Chair of the Asia Society and Chairman Emeritus of the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. Mr. Thornton retired as President and Director of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. in 2003. His previous roles include Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia and Co-Chief Executive of Goldman Sachs International, overseeing the firm’s business in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Mr. Thornton is also on the advisory boards or board of trustees of the China Investment Corporation (CIC), China Securities Regulatory Commission, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, McKinsey Advisory Council, Schwarzman Scholars, and the African Leadership Academy.