the latest president and CEO of Ford Australia started working as a forklift operator for Ford at a parts and service warehouse in Melbourne in the early 1990s.

form there, somehow he went on to a job in the finance department.

Anyone that has worked at a car dealership can tell you that's a very unlikely transition, but from warehouse to finance? 

I'm guessing he was a college student and got the job in the warehouse, and after getting his degree, he was offered the job in the finance dept. 

However it happened, it was the obvious path to getting into the management track at ford.... mechanics aren't wanted in management, it's either engineers, legal, or financial. 

https://fordauthority.com/2025/12/ford-australia-gets-new-boss-in-uplifting-rags-to-riches-story