- Qing Pan joins the Board of Management in January 2017
- Jaguar Land Rover continues to build on six years of progress in the China market
Jaguar Land Rover today announced the appointment of Qing Pan to the Board of Management as Executive Director, Jaguar Land Rover China, effective 1st January 2017.
Mr. Pan will lead Jaguar Land Rover business in China, acting as Chair for the Jaguar Land Rover China legal entity board and sitting on the Board of Directors for Chery Jaguar Land Rover (CJLR). This strategically important appointment provides aligned leadership and one clear voice across all Jaguar Land Rover activities in China as the company continues to build on six years of progress in the China market.
Reporting directly to Dr. Ralf Speth, CEO Jaguar Land Rover, Mr. Pan is responsible for maximising the total value of Jaguar Land Rover business in China, including CJLR operations, Integrated Marketing, Sales & Service (IMSS), and Corporate functions in the market. He is accountable for profit performance of Jaguar Land Rover combined import and local business in China and leading the company’s vision and strategic development in the region.
Richard Shore who held the position of Acting Regional President Jaguar Land Rover Greater China for eighteen months will now focus full-time on his role as Chief Financial Officer Jaguar Land Rover China. Mr. Shore’s successful tenure came to a fitting end when Jaguar Land Rover was named “British Company of the Year in China” at the 2016 British Business Awards.
I am delighted to welcome Qing Pan to Jaguar Land Rover and appoint him to the Board of Management as Executive Director, Jaguar Land Rover China. In this role Qing will be responsible for leading our business in China – Jaguar Land Rover’s most important market. Qing is the first mainland-born Chinese national on the board of a global automaker, and his local expertise and extensive experience of the premium automotive sector makes him the perfect appointment to drive our business forward in this key market and support Jaguar Land Rover’s global vision of sustained, profitable growth. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Richard Shore for his valuable contributions during this interim period.
Dr. Ralf Speth
CEO Jaguar Land Rover
Mr. Pan is a deeply experienced automotive executive who made important contributions to the growth of VW Group in Asia while in different senior positions at Volkswagen, MAN and Audi over nine years.
I am thrilled to take up this new position with Jaguar Land Rover. It is an incredibly exciting time to be part of this thriving British company, particularly in China where strong foundations for success have been laid in place over the last six years. The opportunity to lead and grow Jaguar Land Rover in China is one that I relish and I look forward to working with new colleagues, dealers, partners and all stakeholders to ensure this happens.