Stuart Dyble, who has served as a trustee of the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust for the past 25 years, has been appointed Chairman. Dyble, the Founder and Executive Chairman of global automotive public relations consultancy Influence Associates and Influence Emobility, led the Jaguar Land Rover Global Communications Team as Board Director from 2000 to 2007 as well as a series of other Board Level roles at OEMs and in the Global motor Industry.
Keith Benjamin has been appointed Managing Director of the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust. Benjamin’s exceptional experience across various brands in the global automotive industry includes 37 years at OEM board level, 12 of which were spent as Jaguar Land Rover’s Legal Director.
The appointment of Jaguar Managing Director Rawdon Glover as a board member demonstrates the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust’s strong links with Jaguar today at the highest possible level and is a key stakeholder in the past present and future of the Jaguar brand. Glover is joined on the board by colleague Richard Agnew, Director of Brand Communications & Insights for Jaguar, Range Rover, Defender & Discovery, who brings almost three decades of Jaguar senior leadership experience and insight. In addition to his brand knowledge and responsibilities he brings world class expertise in marketing, digital and events, core skill sets for the future of the Trust.
Duncan Wiltshire, Chairman of The Royal Automobile Club and CEO of Motor Racing Legends Ltd, further bolsters the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust board with his deep knowledge, extensive relationships and connections in classic car and racing communities.
Stuart Dyble, Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust Chairman, said: “I would like to thank the trustees of the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust for the confidence they have expressed in the newly appointed board members. We are all honoured to accept our positions and are dedicated to continuing the trust’s invaluable role as the active custodian of Jaguar’s history and working alongside Jaguar Land Rover to share and promote that history.
“The Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust’s incredible collection of vehicles and exceptional archive provides Jaguar with an asset that compares with any other global automotive brand. It is vital that it is preserved for posterity. However, it is equally imperative that the trust also now looks to the future.
We now have arguably the strongest board since the formation of the Trust and with this in place, our mission begins to improve the facilities, build the brand, and strengthen the finances while playing a pivotal role in supporting Jaguar in the delivery of the brand’s bold all-electric ‘Reimagine’ strategy.”
Other JLR appointees on the Board include, Anna Gallagher, Customer Love Transformation Director, Richard Shore who has recently returned from a five-year posting in China as President of JLR Marketing, Sales and Service, Kevin Stride Director Future Customer Quality and Paul Barritt, Head of JLR Classic.
Long standing Independent Board Members include Barrie Thrussell, who has had a distinguished fifty plus year career primarily in the retail motor industry. Joe Elliot MBE, who brings significant board level expertise in automotive and sports sectors. Martyn Hollingsworth, a former Jaguar Chief Engineer and Peter Read a former KPMG partner, highly experienced Chairman and non-executive as well as Concours Chair of judges and classic car aficionado.
Patrons and Board Members include, Peter Mitchell OBE, the Trust’s Founder Patron. Mitchell established the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust (BMIHT) and the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust (JDHT) in 1983 with the support of Sir Michael Edwards, the then Chairman of British Leyland Plc. and Michael Quinn, grandson of Sir William Lyons, Jaguar’s Founder.
The Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust continues to work alongside BMIHT who house their own heritage collection at the British Motor Museum, and JLR Classic, who provides authentic and original parts for Land Rover and Jaguar models that have been out of production for ten years or more. All three parties benefit from the sharing of resources.
