CEO of Jaguar Land Rover, Geoff Polites Dies
by Orlandy - April 22nd, 2008.Filed under: Land Rover. Tagged as: Land Rover brand, land rover news, landrover.
Mr Polites had been battling a serious illness for the past 2 years and passed away peacefully in his sleep.
His career spanned almost 40 years in the automotive industry, and after being appointed Chief Executive Officer of Jaguar Land Rover in 2005, was the driving force in restoring the business to profitability. Most recently he successfully steered the business through its sale to Tata motors.
The full statement from Land Rover can be read here.
June 3rd, 2008 at 11:34 am
[...] As Ford completes its £1.7bn sale of LandRover and Jaguar to Indian motor company Tata, the current acting CEO of JLR, David Smith, will officially take the top job following the death of Geoff Polites. [...]