Jaguar Land Rover has announced that Nick Rogers (pictured) will succeed Dr Wolfgang Ziebart as its engineering director, from April.

Nick Rogers will assume board-level responsibilities for Jaguar Land Rover’s global engineering operations, reporting directly to Chief executive Dr Ralf Speth.

Dr Ziebart will continue to work with Jaguar Land Rover, focusing on technology development.

Dr Speth said: "Dr Ziebart joined Jaguar Land Rover in July 2013 and has led the engineering team through a period of continued growth as we have expanded our product range. I would like to thank him for his stewardship, counsel and advice through this period, and I look forward to his on-going involvement with the business.

“Rogers has worked for Jaguar Land Rover for more than 30 years and has broad experience across engineering, manufacturing and product delivery. His experience, skills, passion and dedication to Jaguar Land Rover will make him a great leader for the engineering team. I wish him every success in leading the teams that are creating the new Jaguar and Land Rover advanced technologies and vehicles of the future.”