Jaguar Land Rover India Appoints Rajan Amba As Managing Director

Jaguar Land Rover India has named Rajan Amba as its new Managing Director, effective March 1, 2023. Rajan Amba joins JLR from Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, where he currently serves as Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and Customer Care.

Rajan Amba has been appointed by Jaguar Land Rover as the Managing Director of Jaguar Land Rover India, with effect from March 1. Rajan will join Jaguar Land Rover from Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, where he is the Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and Customer Care. Rajan Amba succeeds Rohit Suri, who is set to retire on March 31. Following Thierry Bollore's resignation as CEO in November for personal reasons, the Tata Motors-owned British luxury carmaker has recently experienced some changes in top management internationally. Adrian Mardell was then named the interim CEO. Commenting on his new position, Rajan Amba remarked, ‘I have immensely enjoyed my stint at Tata Motors and look forward to the next one at Jaguar Land Rover – an iconic automotive brand, which I hugely admire. I keenly look forward to working with my new team at Jaguar Land Rover India and steering forward our future growth strategy.’

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Martin Limpert, Regional Director, Overseas, Jaguar Land Rover said, ‘Rajan’s customer-centric mindset, broad experiences from different industries, and his passionate and authentic leadership approach bring the right set of qualities to further grow our operations into the promising future of India, aligned with our overall Reimagine strategy to become the creator of the world’s most desirable luxury vehicles and services for the most discerning of customers.’

Rajan Amba has previously held a number of prominent leadership positions at companies like Titan and Caratlane, in addition to his time as Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and Customer Service at Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles. For the uninitiated, Amba began his career at FILL and later worked for Nike.

The current President and Managing Director of Jaguar Land Rover India, Rohit Suri, joined the automotive conglomerate from Tata Motors fourteen years ago as the head of the Premiere Car Division. He was a driving force behind the launch of Jaguar and Land Rover in India in 2009. Under his leadership, the brand rolled out numerous products, including icons such as the Discovery and Range Rover.

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Suri's retirement from the company was announced last month. ‘He led from the front and played a key role in establishing Jaguar Land Rover in India with a strong focus on customer centricity, financial and brand strength,’ said Martin Limpert, addressing his retirement from Jaguar Land Rover India.