Today Ken McConomy has been appointed to a new role as Head of UK Public Relations for Jaguar Land Rover. In his new position, Ken will take lead responsibility for all media relations and communications on all product, brand and corporate matters in the UK for Jaguar Land Rover.
Ken has worked extensively across Jaguar Land Rover and held a number of leadership roles in the global PR team. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the UK press office and national sales company in a year that will see key new models launched helping to further build UK sales.
Fiona Pargeter, Chief PR Officer at Jaguar Land Rover said: "I'm extremely pleased to announce the appointment of Ken as Head of UK PR for Jaguar Land Rover. Ken brings great experience, talent and enthusiasm to the team, and he will lead our PR presence in our home market for both brands. His reputation and extensive media relations in product and corporate communications, will ensure we provide our UK media customers a stronger service and even more stories about our great business in the UK."
The current UK PR offices for Jaguar and Land Rover ‑ led by Dan Connell and Kim Palmer respectively ‑ remain unchanged and will now report to Ken. This team will work alongside the Global PR team and play a fundamental role in leading the communications and story‑telling around the next wave of new products and services from our two iconic brands.
Ken McConomy said: "I'm excited to lead Jaguar and Land Rover communications whilst our company is expanding with new products, new technologies and more customers buying our beautiful cars. This is an amazing time to be managing the reputation of our award‑winning products and business performance. The UK is our home, and remains the core of our operations, R&D, manufacturing and design ‑ fuelling intense media interest about Jaguar Land Rover, which I am proud to serve."
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