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Nasser, Reitzle In Demand?

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NASSER, REITZLE IN DEMAND?
Future and past job opportunities were revealed last week by two
high-profile former Ford senior executives--Jacques A. Nasser and Wolfgang
H. Reitzle.
In their first media interviews since leaving Ford, ousted CEO Nasser said
he had checked out six or more high-tech companies in California's Silicon
Valley. He told the San Jose Mercury News of meetings with two former CEOs
at Menlo Park, Calif., firms--Covad's Robert Knowling and Oracle's Ray
Lane. Asked if a tech job could be in his future, Nasser, 55, replied "I
think so. I hope so." He said he would like his next company to provide a
consumer focus, innovative technology, a global presence and a large
workforce. A CEO post is not a Nasser priority. "I'm not stuck on titles.
Sometimes CEO is an overblown position," he said.
Reitzle, 53, told Global Auto Insider GM had offered him a position as
chief of GM of Europe just after it became known he was giving up the top
job at Ford's Premier Automotive Group this past spring. Ford, he said,
tried to keep him on board by promoting the former BMW executive to head
its global research and development operations.
"They were both too late," Reitzle said. "I had accepted the CEO position
at Linde AG (a German engineering firm). I'd rather be captain on a
destroyer than first officer on an aircraft carrier."
Nasser hired Reitzle for the PAG position shortly after becoming Ford CEO
and president in January 1999. Reitzle said GM's bid for his services was
linked to a promise he would succeed GM Vice Chairman and product czar
Robert A. Lutz, 70, when the former Chrysler president retires in 2004.
Lutz made the job offer for GM, Reitzle added
 
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