Jaguar has named ex-Rolls-Royce engineering supremo Philip Koehn as its new managing director - a significant step on its path to becoming an electric luxury brand from 2025.
Koehn has been in a leading role at Jaguar since joining from now-defunct Sino-German brand Borgward in 2019, with his official appointment to the top job coming in the wake of the high-profile departure of Jaguar Land Rover CEO Thierry Bolloré last month.
He was quoted publicly by the brand for the first time as it unveiled the updated 2023 iteration of its F-Pace flagship SUV, saying that Jaguar is "curating our existing products by offering richer and more desirable specifications" as it gears up to replace them all in two years' time.
German-born Koehn's LinkedIn profile proclaims him to be "inventing the future of Jaguar" from his office in Gaydon - a role in which he no doubt draws heavily on his time at Rolls-Royce, where he was a...