JLR boss to speak at Insider’s Made in the Midlands Awards
Mike Wright, the executive director of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is the latest keynote speaker to be confirmed for Insider’s Made in the Midlands Awards Dinner 2011, to be held at the Ricoh Arena on Tuesday (1 November).
Wright joined JLR on 1 December 2010 and has been a member of the JLR executive committee since March 2003.
As executive director, Mike is responsible for the development of corporate strategies to deliver Jaguar Land Rover's growth ambitions.
He also has executive committee responsibility for product planning, corporate governance and social responsibility; global financial services; government affairs and the special vehicle division for both the Jaguar and Land Rover brands.
Wright has held global responsibilities at JLR since 2002, leading a number of major strategic initiatives within marketing, sales and Service; most recently the transition of the worldwide commercial activities from Ford to Tata following the latter's purchase of Jaguar Land Rover in 2008.
Wright, who gained a BSc in Communications Science & Linguistics at the University of Aston in Birmingham, UK, began his career in the automotive industry at Rover Triumph in 1975. He has held senior sales and marketing positions in a number of international markets, including four years in Germany, working at different times for the Rover, Land Rover, Jaguar and now Jaguar Land Rover.
To view the full shortlist for Tuesday's awards hosted by veteran politician Michael Portillo, click here.
It's your last chance to book tickets for Insider's inaugural Made in the Midlands event, which takes place on Tuesday 1 November.
The evening will offer manufacturers the opportunity to meet together and as always with events such as this, to make new contacts and to gain valuable insight from talking to others in the same industry.
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