Ford Motor Company has announced that Marv Adams, currently the company's senior vice president and chief information officer, will take on the added responsibility of corporate strategy.

Effective immediately, Adams, is named Ford Motor Company senior vice president, corporate strategy and chief information officer.

In this expanded role, he will report to Bill Ford, the company's chairman and CEO, on corporate strategy matters, and he will continue to report to Jim Padilla, president and chief operating officer.