Brackenbury will replace Henrik Nenzen who will move to the position of marketing and sales director at Ford of Europe.
The company, which is the second largest automaker in the U.S., said Nenzen had worked in Ford for 36 years, including the last seven in Russia. During his tenure, annual Ford sales in Russia rose from 1,400 to 115,000 in 2000-2006, making Ford the most popular foreign car in Russia.
The performance looked inspiring against the background of Ford Motor's seven quarterly losses, the heaviest of them being last year.
Earlier this month, Ford said it planned to assemble 25,000 new Mondeo cars annually at its Vsevolozhsk plant near St. Petersburg in northwestern Russia, and would invest over $100 million in projects to increase capacity and expand the car range at its Vsevolozhsk plant.
Established in 2002, Ford Vsevolozhsk has so far produced Ford Focus cars in four modifications - station wagon, sedan, and five-door and three-door hatchbacks.
