Colin Green Appointed as New Managing Director for Land Rover UK

Land Rover UK gets a new Managing Director – Colin Green, 53. This movement was announced as part of top level restructuring plan that the company hopes will "strengthen the voice of the customer at Board level." He replaces John Edwards who also got a new appointment as the global brand director. In addition, Phil Popham will be taking on a new post as Director for JLR's global sales and service operations.

Expected to assume his new position this 1st of December, Mr. Car Care Aware Fairs show Consumers†. Green brings his 31 years of experience to the new assignment starting out in 1979 when the company was owned by the British Leyland. Over the years, he has seen the company change hands first with the British Leyland getting privatized as the Rover Group plc in 1986 before being acquired by BMW in 1994. In 2000, Ford Motors bought the marque along with Jaguar until the two were taken over by India's Tata Motors in 2008, at the height of the global recession.

The new set of appointments comes at a time of renewed confidence in the markets with business expansion plans in the offing. The top level restructuring aims to bring the customer closer to the company and foster better market relations. This will be critical as the company goes into full gear to penetrate new markets and bring out new models that can better satisfy market expectations.

Corporate confidence is best demonstrated by its new pay and conditions deal with its UK plant workers giving generous performance incentives and holiday pays along with a new leash for another 10 years. This takes out employment uncertainties that have worried workers at Jaguar's Castle Bromwich and Land Rover's Solihull plants.

Moreover, Tata Motors has outlined its business expansion to increase Jaguar's model line up with plans for an entry level Jaguar roadster and station wagon models. These new models are expected to widen the brand's market demographics to include younger and more adventurous markets on one end to conservative families who prefer wagons to SUVs.

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With increasing sales that saw a 16% jump in September alone, JLR has also intimated plans to have its first factory in China and to penetrate new markets in the Middle East, Russia and Africa. 2002 nissan xterra. On its domestic front, Tata Motors has plans to introduce hybrid and electric variants to its highly successful Tata Nano, the world's cheapest car, along with more powerful engines for entering US and UK markets.