{"id":76,"date":"2008-06-03T07:07:12","date_gmt":"2008-06-03T07:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2008\/06\/03\/david-smith-bec\/"},"modified":"2012-07-17T14:54:53","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T14:54:53","slug":"david-smith-bec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2008\/06\/03\/david-smith-bec\/","title":{"rendered":"David Smith becomes CEO of JLR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/tatalogo_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/tatalogo_1.jpg\" alt=\"Tatalogo_1\" class=\"image-full\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;float: left\" \/><\/a> Tata has promoted the current chief financial officer, David Smith, to the position of CEO of Jaguar and Land Rover.<\/p>\n<p>David Smith was managing the new group since Geoff Polites passed away on April 20. Smith started its career by joining Ford in 1983. He worked in New and Emerging Markets and was based in Turkey before joining Land Rover in July 2000 as Director of Finance.<\/p>\n<p>He played a large role in reviving reviving the Jaguar and Land Rover brands and is rumoured to had helped the American carmaker to sell the Aston Martin carmaker last year.<\/p>\n<p>Its mission at Jaguar and Land Rover won\u2019t be easy as the two carmakers will have to make the transition to more fuel efficient models. However he will be helped by the agreement signed by Ford and Tata. The two companies will cooperate on developing hybrid and powertrain technology, as well as shared, global platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tata has promoted the current chief financial officer, David Smith, to the position of CEO of Jaguar and Land Rover. David Smith was managing the new group since Geoff Polites passed away on April 20. Smith started its career by joining Ford in 1983. 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