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Thierry Bolloré

Chief Executive Officer

Thierry Bolloré

Chief Executive Officer, Jaguar Land Rover

Mr Thierry Bolloré succeeded Prof Sir Ralf Speth as Chief Executive Officer of Jaguar Land Rover on 10th September 2020.

Having started his leadership career in 1990 as Shop Manager of Michelin’s Heavy Truck tyre factory, Mr Bolloré has more than 30 years’ experience of international business.

After 12 years with Michelin, he then joined global automotive supplier Faurecia in 2005 as Vice President, Asia, Exhaust Systems Product Group, based in China. After successful tenures in a variety of senior positions including worldwide Vice President in charge of Industry, Quality and Purchasing for Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies (FECT), Mr Bolloré joined Groupe Renault in 2012.

Joining as the global OEM’s Industry and Supply Chain Group EVP, Mr Bolloré then took on the role of Chief Competitive Officer in 2013 before becoming Chief Operating Officer in 2018 and finally Chief Executive Officer, Groupe Renault in 2018. He was also a member of the Groupe Renault Executive Committee while also sitting on the Board of Directors for both Avtovaz and DRAC (Dong Feng Renault Automotive Company).

Mr Bolloré has an MBA from Paris-Dauphine University, specialising in Finance. In addition to his native French, he is fluent in English and German while also enjoying extensive experience of the Japanese language.

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 the 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.

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

Dave Owen

Executive Director, Global Purchasing

In July 2020 Dave was appointed Executive Director, Global Purchasing. For the two preceding years Dave was Operations Director at Jaguar Land Rover’s Solihull advanced manufacturing plant. In that time he led a major business restructuring programme though a highly engaged workforce who, together, achieved their highest levels of customer quality and efficiency.

From 1993 Dave enjoyed 25 years of purchasing experience in a variety of technical, project management, strategy and commercial roles.

Following the acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover by Tata in 2008, Dave took on responsibility for purchasing and aftermarket parts purchasing. Over the next 10 years Dave led a global transformation of the Purchasing organisation. He built capability and introduced innovative approaches, underpinned by a focus on engagement, relationships and performance management practices to achieve new levels of competitiveness.

Dave worked in a number of senior management roles within Ford Motor Company. He led pan-brand teams from Ford Europe, Volvo and Jaguar Land Rover, efficiently driving supplier quality and delivery performance improvement and value creation by one pan-European team for all business units.

Born in 1971, Dave graduated with a B.Eng (Hons) in Manufacturing and Business Studies from Coventry University, and has undertaken leadership development programmes at London Business School and Cranfield School of Management. He is married with four children and lives in Coventry.

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 the Chief Executive Officer, 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 and Vice President Sales China and 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.

Dave Williams

Executive Director, Human Resources

In July 2020 Dave was appointed as Executive Director of Human Resources. Dave has been a HR Director at Jaguar Land Rover since 2008 acting in various roles including Deputy HR Director from 2016, reporting to the former HR Board Director.

Dave joined Jaguar Land Rover in 2007 as Head of Employee Relations at Solihull Manufacturing Operations and became HR Director of Global Marketing, Sales and Service in 2008. Dave led the separation from Ford in all international operations, creating JLR companies in markets previously fully integrated in the global Ford infrastructure. As HR Director, Operations Dave was integral to the Organisation Development in China underpinning huge growth and also led the transformation of the HR Operating Model.

More recently, he was responsible for the people workstream of the company’s Charge transformation programme which created a leaner and more resilient organisation.

Before Jaguar Land Rover, Dave started his HR career with Ford in 1998, responsible for Dagenham Transport Operations and spent the next eight years working in various roles across HR including the British and European Marketing and Sales Organisations, UK Parts and Service Operations and Manufacturing.

Dave has a Masters in Personnel Management from University of the West of England and a BA in Business Admin from Middlesex University. Dave is Chair of Governors at the Warwick Manufacturing Groups’ Solihull Academy for Young Engineers, a Parent Governor at his Children’s primary school, a Governing Board Member for Evanta, a professional training and coaching network and is an Advisory Board Member for The Partnering Partnership, a dedicated network for HR Business Partners. He is married with three children and lives in Welford on Avon.

Board of Management

Thierry Bolloré

Chief Executive Officer

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FELIX BRÄUTIGAM

Chief Commercial Officer

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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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Dave Owen

Executive Director, Global Purchasing

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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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Dave Williams

Executive Director, Human Resources

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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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