Ford Motor Co. announced the retirement of two longtime executives, new assignments for two corporate officers and promotions to senior positions for three leaders at the company. Kim Pittel, Ford's vice president of sustainability, environment and safety engineering, has elected to retire effective Dec. 1, capping off a 34-year career. Succeeding Pittel will be a current member of her team, Bob Holycross, who becomes a corporate officer. Since July 2018, Holycross has been global director, sustainability, homologation and compliance. Holycross joined the company in 1993 and subsequently held several engineering and supervisory positions related to streamlining and reforming regulatory procedures. John Lawler, since March 2018 the company's vice president of strategy, is moving to a new position as CEO of Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC, and vice president of mobility partnerships. He takes over AV LLC leadership from Sherif Marakby, who has elected to take a personal leave from the company. Marion Harris, who has been vice president of Ford's mobility business group, has been named a corporate officer and the successor to McClelland as CEO of Ford Credit. Jim Holland has announced that he will retire from Ford after 35 years, most recently as vice president of vehicle component and system engineering. Chuck Gray, currently director of Ford's global core electrical team, has been promoted by the board to corporate officer and will follow Holland in the component and system engineering position effective Dec. 1, 2019.