Rajan Amba to take over as JLR managing director, succeeds Rohit Suri

Appointment comes at a time when JLR is facing supply chain issues hampering its production

Rajan Amba, currently the vice president-sales, marketing and customer care at Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles, now will take charge as the managing director of Jaguar Land Rover from March 1.

Rajan Amba succeeds Rohit Suri, who is due to retire on March 31.

His appointment comes at a time when JLR is facing supply chain issues that are impacting its production plans. The firm needs a massive electrification budget to compete against Europe’s premium auto majors such as Mercedes, Audi and BMW.

Thierry Bollore left as CEO of JLR last year for personal reasons, having spent about two years at