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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

Design boss behind new Jaguar leaves JLR weeks after change of CEO

Gerry McGovern standing on stage between pink and blue Jaguars
Gerry McGovern at the Jaguar relaunch in Miami in December 2024. Photograph: Jason Koerner/Getty Images for Jaguar

The Jaguar Land Rover design boss behind the Range Rover and the polarising Jaguar relaunch has abruptly departed the business just four months after its new chief executive took charge.

Gerry McGovern left the role of chief creative officer on Monday after 20 years at the business in which he oversaw the design of some of the company’s most successful cars as well as the launch of a new-look, pink electric Jaguar that drew the ire of Donald Trump.

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