Awards & Recognition
★Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2015, substantive 2019)
★Fellow of the Royal Society (2020)
★Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (2014)
★Automotive News All-Star Award (2014)
★Honorary Doctorate from University of Warwick (2023)
Notable Facts
→CEO of Jaguar Land Rover from 2010-2020, overseeing major turnaround and expansion
→Added over 17,000 jobs during his JLR tenure and led global expansion
→Currently Chairman of TVS Motor Company and director of Tata Sons
→Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to automotive industry
→Fellow of Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering
→Industrial Professor at University of Warwick
→20-year career at BMW before joining Ford and later JLR
→German-born executive who became British citizen