Bill Osborne, president of Ford of Australia, has stepped down after seven months on the job. Osborne, 48, took over the position as Ford’s Australian chief in January after a three year stint as president of Ford of Canada.
Osborne has yet to disclose what company lured him away from his position at Ford, but it has been reported that he will be taking over as CEO for an American company not involved with the auto industry.
Osborne’s departure coincides with Ford ’s decision to cut 350 Australian jobs – or 15 percent of Ford’s Australian workforce, according to Automotive News — but Osborne says the two events are independent of each other.
