Sherminator98 Posted December 2 Share Posted December 2 https://www.motor1.com/news/780585/jaguar-design-boss-gerry-mcgovern-fired-type-00/ JLR hasn’t had a good time the past couple of months-Jaguar production pause and a cyberattack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew L Posted December 2 Share Posted December 2 lol off to a great start with this rebranding 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ber25 Posted December 2 Share Posted December 2 Despite what happened with the new Jaguar, he has led some fantastic designs, including the Lincon concepts during the early 2000s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted December 2 Share Posted December 2 18 minutes ago, ber25 said: Despite what happened with the new Jaguar, he has led some fantastic designs, including the Lincon concepts during the early 2000s. I have to agree. I liked the early 2000s Lincoln concepts. A report I read said Tata got a new CEO recently and that Gerry was influential with the board, and that the CEO wanted more control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgan20 Posted December 2 Share Posted December 2 (edited) 2 hours ago, rmc523 said: A report I read said Tata got a new CEO recently and that Gerry was influential with the board, and that the CEO wanted more control. Yea, the new head honcho at JLR is former CFO at Tata Motors. He ain't messin' around! Almost two decades after Tata Motors acquired Jaguar Land Rover from the Ford Motor Company, the British marque will have its first ever Indian CEO. The current Group Chief Financial Officer of Tata Motors, P B Balaji will officially take over in November this year from Adrian Mardell who is leaving JLR after spending 35 years with the company, three of them as CEO. All eyes are on Balaji who will steer the Jaguar Land Rover wheel in November. Balaji’s appointment suggests he has been sent in by Tata Group to fix the growing mess at JLR. McGovern, who for some years now has helped formulate the strategic agenda at JLR, may have been seen by Balaji as part of the problem. The 69-year-old British designer, a man with strong opinions and little fear of expressing them, may have robustly disagreed with that assessment. Edited December 2 by morgan20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dequindre Posted December 3 Share Posted December 3 Although McGovern was involved in the recent Jaguar rebranding debacle, he was hardly the only one that greenlit the decision to move in that direction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbone Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 On 12/2/2025 at 3:13 PM, morgan20 said: Yea, the new head honcho at JLR is former CFO at Tata Motors. He ain't messin' around! Almost two decades after Tata Motors acquired Jaguar Land Rover from the Ford Motor Company, the British marque will have its first ever Indian CEO. The current Group Chief Financial Officer of Tata Motors, P B Balaji will officially take over in November this year from Adrian Mardell who is leaving JLR after spending 35 years with the company, three of them as CEO. All eyes are on Balaji who will steer the Jaguar Land Rover wheel in November. Balaji’s appointment suggests he has been sent in by Tata Group to fix the growing mess at JLR. McGovern, who for some years now has helped formulate the strategic agenda at JLR, may have been seen by Balaji as part of the problem. The 69-year-old British designer, a man with strong opinions and little fear of expressing them, may have robustly disagreed with that assessment. Maybe some common sense will prevail with the CEO, instead of trying to alienate a large majority of your customers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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