Shanghai August 2 (Gasgoo.com) Recently, with excellent performance in the Chinese auto market, the world's super luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover decided to appoint Bob Grace as its CEO in China to strengthen its Chinese management team.
Bob Grace has joined Jaguar and Land Rover for 25 years and has served several global management positions. Prior to his new appointment, Bob served as Land Rover's overseas operations director in the UK headquarters, responsible for the global markets outside Europe and North America.
Christopher Brown, the current executive director of Jaguar and Land Rover (China), will be promoted to executive vice president and will be responsible for operation matters. Christopher will build a new team in Beijing to deal with the corporation's business with government, auto industry organizations and communication with media. Christopher has held his current post since 2005.
One month ago, Jaguar Land Rover announced it would set up a wholly-owned sales company in China. At the same time, its first training center has also been put into full operation in Jinqiao, Shanghai Pudong area.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the birth of Jaguar brand and the 40th anniversary of the birth of Land Rover's Range Rover model. Jaguar and Land Rover's development in the Chinese market is continually accelerating and maintaining a strong growth momentum.
In the first half of this year, sales of Jaguar and Land Rover had a year on year growth of 100% and 135% respectively, which further consolidated their positions in China's luxury car market.
