JLR product engineering boss Nick Rogers to step down

Jaguar Land Rover engineering boss Nick Rogers, who has overseen development of vehicles including the Jaguar I-Pace and Land Rover Defender, has announced that he will leave the company after 37 years at the end of 2021

• Rogers announces decision to step down on LinkedIn
• Joined Land Rover as a technician apprentice in 1984
• JLR to announce Roger’s successor in the coming weeks

Appointed to the top role in 2015, Rogers has led JLR’s engineering team at a crucial time in the firm’s history – developing the electric I-Pace and launching it ahead of key rivals, while also overseeing the reincarnation of the highly anticipated Land Rover Defender. His latest project is the new Range Rover which is expected to arrive in India next year.

What isn’t confirmed yet is Rogers’ future course of action and his successor. A JLR spokesman said: "His successor will be the subject of a subsequent announcement in the coming weeks."

Making the announcement on Linkedin, he said, “For over 37 years, it’s been an honour to work with such an incredible team of people to engineer and launch some of the most desirable vehicles in the world. The most recent launches of the New Defender and Range Rover especially, as tech disrupters, are a testament to how the JLR family has transformed and grown – the resilience, the determination and the pioneering passion is incredible.”

“Today, after almost four decades, it’s time to hand over a stronger-than-ever technical team, with a pioneering passion to keep creating disruptive products in this ever-changing world,” he added.

JLR chief Thierry Bolloré said, "I would like to thank Nick for an incredible 37 years with our company. Over the last decades, Nick has experienced, shaped and led so much of the Land Rover – and the Jaguar Land Rover – story. We wish him every success in the future.”  

Rogers joined Land Rover in 1984 as a technician apprentice, working in body engineering and vehicle testing. He rose through the ranks becoming vehicle line director for Land Rover, before being appointed to his most recent role as Jaguar Land Rover’s executive director, product engineering.