Frank Lazzaro is Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Finance and Strategic Planning, Ford of Europe, effective February 1, 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Lazarro was Chief Financial Officer and Director, Business Strategy for Jaguar Land Rover, a position he held since November 2005.
Frank Lazzaro joined Ford of Australia in Melbourne in 1979, where until 1996 he assumed various management positions.
Between 1997 and 1998, Mr Lazzaro worked as a Finance Controller for Ford in the U.S., before he joined Jaguar Land Rover in the UK in a similar function until 2002. From 2003 to 2005, he was Chief Financial Officer in Sao Paulo, Brazil for Ford South America.
Born in 1960, Mr Lazzaro received a Bachelor of Business degree in management from Deakin University, Australia. He is married with three children. He is fluent in English, Italian and Portuguese.