Jaguar Land Rover Names New PR Chief

Fiona Pargeter has been appointed to head global public relations for Tata Motors Ltd.'s Jaguar Land Rover unit, effective immediately.

She joins the JLR executive committee and reports to CEO Ralf Speth.

Pargeter has been global PR director for Land Rover since joining JLR in 2009. During the past two years she has overseen the communications strategy for the latest generations of the Range Rover Evoque compact SUV and Range Rover fullsize SUV.

Pargeter began her automotive career at Nissan and has worked at Volvo Cars and Ford.