DETROIT – Two great-great grandchildren of Ford Motor founder Henry Ford have been nominated to the corporate’s board of administrators, the automaker introduced Friday.

Alexandra Ford English, 33, is the daughter of Ford Government Chairman Invoice Ford. She is at present a director in company technique on the firm, chargeable for enterprise, connectivity and digital community strategic plans.

Henry Ford III, 40, is the son of Ford board member Edsel B. Ford II, 72, who plans to retire from the board in Might. Ford III is at present a director in Ford investor relations.

“I’m happy and proud that we’ve got a brand new technology of Ford household leaders who consider in serving the corporate and making certain it stays a profitable and optimistic drive on the earth for years to return,” Invoice Ford stated in a press release.

The second open board seat would substitute former Eli Lilly government John Lechleiter, 67, who has determined to not stand for reelection in Might, in accordance with the corporate.

Each English and Ford III will stand for election to the corporate’s board of administrators at its annual assembly of shareholders on Might 13.

Correction: John Lechleiter is a former government of Eli Lilly. A earlier model of this text misstated the corporate.