Lewis Booth: Driving the Business Together

Ford Motor Company's CFO Lewis Booth discusses improving the balance sheet in an exclusive interview with Treasury & Risk.

By staff Writer | November 30, 2010 at 07:00 PM

There are advantages to being a car guy running finance, Ford Motor Co.'s CFO Lewis Booth tells Treasury & Risk in an exclusive interview after his keynote address at this year's Alexander Hamilton Awards. The challenge is to work together, Booth says, adding that “if you improve your balance sheet but don't have new product coming out, what sort of business have you got?”

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