Former Ford CEO Alan Mulally's Retirement Plan: Joining the Google Board

Alan Mullaly, who was president and CEO of Ford Motor company for the past eight years and just stepped down last month, has joined the Google board.

Mulally had been a top outside candidate for Microsoft CEO, a job that went to internal candidate Satya Nadella after a long search.

Instead, Mulally took a part-time gig as a Google board member on July 9, Google announced today; he will serve on the board’s audit committee.

Earlier in his career, Mulally was a top executive at Boeing.

Mulally is not replacing anyone on the Google board, said a Google spokeswoman.

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.