Mark Truby is chief communications officer, a position to which he was appointed May 22, 2017. At that time, he also was elected a Ford Motor Company officer. He reports to Jim Farley, Ford CEO.

Truby leads all of the company’s global communications and public relations activities. His role includes building the company’s reputation globally and helping to lead communications that reach Ford’s external and internal audiences, including customers, employees, dealers, suppliers, news media, communities, governments and policy makers.

Truby joined Ford in 2007 as director of global corporate communications. He has also served as communications director for Bill Ford, vice president, Communications, Ford Europe, Middle East and Africa, and most recently, vice president, Communications, Ford Asia Pacific.

Prior to joining Ford, Truby was an award-winning reporter and editor at The Detroit News. Born in 1970, he is a graduate of Marshall University in West Virginia.