Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman Jr. to rejoin Ford’s board

Ford Motor said on Thursday that the former U.S. Ambassador to Russia, Jon Huntsman Jr., would rejoin the automaker’s board of directors.

“I’m thrilled that we will again benefit from Jon’s extraordinary experience,” Executive Chairman Bill Ford said. “His career and accomplishments in global policy and trade are incomparable.”

Huntsman was first elected to the automaker’s board in 2012 but resigned in September 2017 to become U.S. ambassador to Russia under President Donald Trump, a position he served for two years.

Earlier, Huntsman was U.S. ambassador to China from 2009 to 2011 under President Barack Obama and ambassador to Singapore during the early 1990s under presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush.

At Ford, Huntsman will become a member of the board’s Nominating and Governance, Compensation, and Sustainability and Innovation committees. With his return, Ford’s board would expand to 14 members.