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BIOGRAPHY: PETER DANIEL
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Peter Daniel
Peter J. Daniel is senior vice president and controller, Ford Motor Company, effective Sept. 1, 2006.He reports to Don Leclair, executive vice president and chief financial officer.Prior to this position, he was vice president and president, Ford Asia Pacific and Africa.
Daniel has held numerous international positions in Finance, including assignments with Ford's operations in South America and Asia Pacific.His roles have included assignments in Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Malaysia and Brazil.
Daniel, an Australian native, joined Ford in 1971.In the early 1980s, he was director of finance for Ford Malaysia and held a number of Finance positions in Ford Australia and Ford Asia Pacific before becoming director of finance for Ford Lio Ho in Taiwan in 1990.
He then moved to the U.S. in 1994 and held a number of key Finance positions in Product Development.In 1996, he served as director of Finance, Ford Argentina-Brazil and then director of Finance for Ford South American Operations.
In 1999, he was named Manufacturing controller and in 2003, he was named controller, North America, followed by controller of The Americas.
Daniel earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Melbourne University in Australia in 1968.