Moray S Callum was born on 19 November 1958 and is a Scottish automobile designer who was vice president, design, for Ford Motor Company, having retired on 1 May 2021.
15 Facts About Moray Callum
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Moray Callum initially intended to become a veterinarian, though by university age Callum elected to study architecture at Napier University in Edinburgh before becoming disillusioned with the prospect of calculating the size of waste pipes of seven-story buildings for the rest of his life.
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Moray Callum changed disciplines and graduated in industrial design and followed the well-trodden car designer path of continuing his studies at the Royal College of Art in London, graduating with a master's degree in transportation design.
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In 1995 Moray Callum was hired by Ford, for whom he had worked on numerous projects at Ghia, to work in Dearborn, Michigan, on North American vehicles.
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Moray Callum worked on various notable North American projects including the facelift of the 2000 Ford Taurus, whose front grille design has been mischievously cited by some critics as the inspiration for his brother's 2006 Jaguar XK design, as opposed to the Jaguar E-Type which inspired both.
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Moray Callum did work on the Ford Windstar, Mercury Villager, Super Duty pickup trucks, Ford Excursion, and the Ford EX concept.
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On 7 September 2001, Moray Callum was promoted to lead Mazda worldwide design, where his team included Tsutomu "Tom" Matano, the designer of the Mazda MX-5.
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Moray Callum oversaw the daunting 2005 redesign of the iconic MX-5 and worked on almost every other vehicle in Mazda's passenger car range including the 2006 Mazda5.
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Moray Callum was responsible for leading the design of Mazda's new sporty crossovers, the 2007 CX-7 and CX-9 which were previewed by the 2005 Mazda MX-Crossport concept.
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Moray Callum was instrumental in the production of the Washu, Ibuki, and Kabura concept cars.
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Moray Callum was replaced at Mazda by Laurens van den Acker whilst his predecessor Patrick Schiavone was appointed designer of North American SUVs and pick-ups at Ford.
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In May 2009, Horbury returned to Volvo Cars and Moray Callum was promoted to executive director, Ford Americas design, with overall responsibility for American trucks and passenger cars, including Lincoln.
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In 2014, Moray Callum was promoted to vice president, design, Ford Motor Company, replacing the retiring J Mays and charged with responsibility of all concept and production vehicles for the Ford and Lincoln brands globally.
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Moray Callum unveiled the 2015 sixth generation Ford Mustang and the 2017 second generation Ford GT.
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On 1 May 2021, Moray Callum retired from Ford Motor Company.