Sources tell Autocar and Autocar India that the Coventry-born designer was asked to leave the firm on Monday
JLR has sacked designer boss Gerry McGovern, sources inside the firm have told Autocar and Autocar India. It is understood that the brand’s chief creative officer was asked to leave the firm on Monday, with his position terminated with immediate effect.
Further circumstances around the decision are light, but it comes just a week after new CEO P.B. Balaji – formerly finance boss of parent Tata Motors – took over from the retiring Adrian Mardell, potentially signalling that India-based Tata could be angling for an even tighter grip on the British car maker. Indeed, McGovern was considered a hugely influential figure on JLR’s board, and was a favourite of the late Ratan Tata, former chairman of the wider Tata Group. It brings to an end a 21-year career at JLR for McGovern that has been filled with highlights. The Coventry-born designer is responsible for the modern-day reinvention of the Defender, helping keep the four-car Range Rover line-up ever popular and reinventing Jaguar for its transition into an electric-only car maker - which includes creating the highly controversial Type 00 Concept. Before JLR, McGovern worked on the MG EXE concept car, the MG F roadster and the first, seminal Land Rover Freelander while at British Leyland. He then moved to Ford in 1999 to head up the Lincoln‑Mercury brands, setting up studios in California. He returned to the UK to run a design consultancy in London before re‑joined Land Rover in 2004. McGovern’s design exploits meant he was named Autocar’s Sturmey Award winner in 2020, a gong awarded for innovation and achievement.
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