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PROF SIR RALF D SPETH KBE FREng FRS

Chief Executive Officer

FELIX BRÄUTIGAM

Chief Commercial Officer

Having joined Jaguar Land Rover in January 2018 as Chief Marketing Officer and member of the Board of Management, Felix Bräutigam was then appointed to the new position of Chief Commercial Officer and member of the Board of Management in April 2018. Reporting to Dr Ralf Speth, Jaguar Land Rover Chief Executive Officer, Felix is responsible for all global sales and marketing activity on both the Jaguar and Land Rover brands.  His role includes brand positioning; current and future product planning; customer relationship management; marketing communications; brand experience strategies; global sales and customer service; and supporting future growth.

Felix joined Jaguar Land Rover from Porsche AG in Stuttgart, where he was Vice President Europe, responsible for 51 markets. He had also previously served as Managing Director of Porsche France, Director Sales NSCs and General Manager Marketing Communications. His career began at General Motors and has included stints at Saab, Vauxhall and Opel.

Born in Freudenstadt, Germany, Felix studied at Mannheim University gaining a Diploma in Business Administration specialising in Marketing and Industrial Engineering.  He also holds an MBA from Western Illinois University, where he specialised in Marketing, Finance and Entrepreneurship.  In addition to his native German, Felix is fluent in English and French.

IAN HARNETT

Executive Director, Human Resources and Purchasing

In April 2015 Ian was appointed as Executive Director of Human Resources and Global Purchasing, also picking up responsibility for all Jaguar Land Rover Property matters globally.

Ian has been the Director of Purchasing, Jaguar Land Rover since 2009.

Previously Ian was responsible for establishment of the new Strategic Business Office at Jaguar Land Rover, as well as heading the Transition Team as Jaguar Land Rover was divested from Ford Motor Company.

Ian joined British Leyland in 1982 starting in the Purchasing Department at Longbridge and spent the next 25 years in various Purchasing / Project roles - including assignments with subsequent owners of Rover Group.  For a number of years Ian was responsible for Honda Contracts and later headed a joint Purchasing team in BMW / Rover.  In July 2000 Ian lead the Land Rover Purchasing team out of BMW ownership following Ford acquisition.

During his time within the Ford organisation, Ian spent three years based in Cologne (Germany) managing the Chassis and Raw Materials Purchasing team for Ford of Europe, Volvo and JLR.

Born in South Yorkshire in 1961, Ian has a BSc (Hons) in Economics and Management from Cardiff University and a Diploma in IT from Warwick University.  He is married and currently lives in Worcestershire.

HANNO KIRNER

Executive Director, Corporate and Strategy

ADRIAN MARDELL

Chief Financial Officer

Adrian Mardell was appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer for Jaguar Land Rover in June 2019. As a member of the global Board of Management of Jaguar Land Rover, he leads the financial management of the business to deliver shareholder value and growth ambitions.  Adrian’s responsibilities include corporate finance, treasury, financial reporting, accounting, tax, internal control and business support.

Adrian joined Jaguar Land Rover on 5th November 1990 and has held a number of roles within the company, mainly Finance related.  Having spent a period between 2008 and 2016 as Jaguar Land Rover Deputy CFO and Operations Controller, he subsequently became the Chief Transformation Officer.  In this new role, Adrian established a multi-disciplined team and set up two significant company-wide programmes: ‘Charge’ focussing on short term profit and cash improvements; and ‘Accelerate’, a longer-term programme to deliver long-term strategic operating efficiencies.

Adrian is a qualified Chartered Accountant and his personal interests include competitive running and walking his dogs.

GRANT McPHERSON

Executive Director, Manufacturing

QING PAN

President, Jaguar Land Rover China

On 1st January 2017 Qing Pan was appointed to the Global Board of Management of Jaguar Land Rover, to the position of President, Jaguar Land Rover China and to the Board of Directors of Chery Jaguar Land Rover (CJLR).

Reporting directly to Dr. Ralf Speth, CEO Jaguar Land Rover, Mr. Pan is responsible for maximising the total value of the Jaguar Land Rover business in China. He is accountable for profit performance of Jaguar Land Rover combined import and local business in China and leading the company’s vision and strategic development in the region.

Mr. Pan is a deeply experienced automotive executive who most recently held the position of Executive Vice President Audi China &amp; Vice President Sales China &amp; Hong Kong of Audi AG, part of VW Group. He joined VW Group in 2007 and made important contributions to its development in Asia while in different executive positions at Volkswagen, MAN and Audi over nine years. During his time with Volkswagen Group China Mr. Pan was a director of different units including Olympic Marketing, Dealer Network, and China Strategy. He was appointed to represent MAN on the Board of Directors at Sinotruk in 2010 before joining Audi in 2012.

Mr. Pan was educated at the University of Science and Technology in Beijing and holds an MS in Material Science from the Technical University, Berlin. He is fluent in German, English, and his native Chinese and has worked internationally throughout his career.

NICK ROGERS

Executive Director - Product Engineering

Nick Rogers was appointed Executive Director, Product Engineering, Jaguar Land Rover as of April 1, 2015. Since then, he has led the engineering team to deliver a host of new Jaguar Land Rover vehicles, including the world’s first all-electric performance SUV; the Jaguar I-PACE, and the pioneering new Land Rover Defender.

Previously he was Vehicle Line Director for Land Rover, leading the both technical and business creation of future vehicle architecture and products. In this role Nick defined the all-aluminium Premium Lightweight Architecture, and developed and launched the globally acclaimed all-new Range Rover and all-new Range Rover Sport.

In a former position he ran manufacturing operations for Range Rover body-in-white, Defender body-in-white and trim for both models, along with powertrain, all at Land Rover's Solihull manufacturing facility.

Nick joined Land Rover as a technician apprentice in 1984, working in body engineering and vehicle testing.  During the course of his career, he has led body structures design on a number of programmes including Discovery 2, moving on to lead the body engineering teams on Discovery 3 and Range Rover Sport. As Chief Engineer, Nick led the teams who delivered both these vehicles and platforms to production in 2004 and 2005, respectively. To this day, he remains a true engineer through and through, and encourages technical curiosity and disruptive innovation across his team.

KEITH BENJAMIN

Global Legal Director

Keith Benjamin is Global Legal Director of Jaguar Land Rover.  He was appointed to this position in 2009 after the sale of JLR from Ford to Tata the Indian Conglomerate.

His task was to develop the Legal, Patent, Security, Compliance and Enterprise Risk Functions for the newly acquired Company.  These Functions now with some 300 staff report to him and cover JLR's Global Operations.  His expertise is in the management of these Functions to add value and achieve the business objectives whilst protecting the company and ensuring legal compliance.

Keith, who is a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England &amp; Wales, previously worked in various Legal roles around the world for General Motors Corporation including Vauxhall/Opel, Chevrolet and Saab.  Prior to that he worked for Fiat Auto: the owner of Fiat, Lancia, Alfa Romeo, Maserati and Ferrari.

He sits on the JLR Executive Committee and reports directly to the CEO.  He deals with all contentious matters and over his thirty years career as a Lawyer has dealt with matters in all major jurisdictions including Europe, the US, Latin America and China.

NIGEL BLENKINSOP

DIRECTOR OF QUALITY AND AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY

PROFESSOR GERRY McGOVERN OBE

Land Rover Chief Creative Officer

Professor Gerry McGovern lives by design as Chief Creative Officer for Land Rover and a board member of Jaguar Land Rover since 2006, he is convinced of the ability of design to transform business while enriching people’s lives.

Responsible for guiding and visioning the future of this great British brand, McGovern is currently leading the team to develop opportunities to grow the business into new areas as well as the challenge of replacing icons such as the Defender.  As Chief Creative Officer McGovern’s wider remit is to guide all aspects of visual communications ensuring a consistent look and feel between vehicles and identity of the brand.

It’s this approach that has been behind the creation of a new generation of Land Rover vehicles from the successful Range Rover Evoque to the highly acclaimed Range Rover Velar and the reimagined Land Rover Defender.

After completing a degree in industrial design at Coventry University, McGovern went on to study for a Masters at the Royal College of Art in London, specialising in automotive design. He began his career at Chrysler in the UK, followed by a stint in Detroit, before returning to the UK as a Senior Designer for Peugeot and later joining the Rover Group.

McGovern then moved to the Ford Motor Company to head up and rejuvenate the Lincoln-Mercury brands, setting up studios in Detroit and Irvine, California. McGovern re-joined Land Rover in 2004 as Director, Advanced Design. Since then his position has grown to include the role of Chief Creative Officer and he is an Executive member of the Jaguar Land Rover Board.

In October 2014 he was announced as a Visiting Professor at the prestigious Royal College of Art in London, demonstrating his commitment to design education. In 2016 McGovern was awarded Honorary Doctor of Arts by Coventry University. In 2020 McGovern was recognised as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Her Majesty The Queen.

JULIAN THOMSON

Director of Jaguar Design

Julian Thomson was appointed as Design Director for Jaguar in 2019, with responsibility for establishing the future strategic design direction for the brand and the design of all future models.  He has been instrumental in delivering the renaissance in design of Jaguar’s product range, including the XK, XF, XJ, F-TYPE, XE, F-PACE, E-PACE and Jaguar’s first electric vehicle – the I-PACE.

Julian leads a world-class team of designers, modellers and engineers at Jaguar’s new design studio in Gaydon, England, exploring ground-breaking concepts for production vehicles up to 10 years in the future.  As well as developing the early definitions for new products, and ultimately guiding them through production, the group is also responsible for developing concept cars which showcase Jaguar’s future design themes and vehicle technologies.

During his 12 years at Lotus, Julian became Head of Design and was responsible for creating the Lotus Elise. In 1998 he was appointed Chief of Exteriors at the Volkswagen Group's Concept Design Centre in Barcelona, and worked on both production and concept vehicles for SEAT, Volkswagen, Audi and Bentley. Julian joined Jaguar in 2000 as Advanced Design Director and was also Advanced Design Director for Land Rover between 2006 and 2008.

Julian studied Mechanical Engineering at Hatfield University before completing an MA in Automotive Design at the Royal College of Art. He began his automotive industry career in 1984 as a designer at Ford in Dunton, England, before moving to Lotus Design in Norwich in 1986.

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PROF SIR RALF D SPETH KBE FREng FRS

Chief Executive Officer

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FELIX BRÄUTIGAM

Chief Commercial Officer

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IAN HARNETT

Executive Director, Human Resources and Purchasing

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HANNO KIRNER

Executive Director, Corporate and Strategy

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ADRIAN MARDELL

Chief Financial Officer

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GRANT McPHERSON

Executive Director, Manufacturing

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QING PAN

President, Jaguar Land Rover China

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NICK ROGERS

Executive Director - Product Engineering

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KEITH BENJAMIN

Global Legal Director

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NIGEL BLENKINSOP

DIRECTOR OF QUALITY AND AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY

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PROFESSOR GERRY McGOVERN OBE

Land Rover Chief Creative Officer

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JULIAN THOMSON

Director of Jaguar Design

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