He was appointed to the role in 2015, leading JLR’s engineering team through the development of the electric I-Pace and launching it ahead of key rivals, and overseeing new products including the Land Rover Defender and latest Range Rover.
Mr Rogers leaves at the end of this year but has not announced where he is moving to and JLR has yet to confirm his successor.
Prior to his current position, Mr Rogers was vehicle line director for Land Rover, leading both the technical and business creation of future vehicle architectures and products, as well as developing the brand’s all-aluminium Premium Lightweight Architecture.
In a former position he ran manufacturing operations for Range Rover body-in-white, Defender body-in-white and trim for both models, along with powertrain, all at Land Rover’s Solihull manufacturing facility.
He joined Land Rover as a technician apprentice in 1984, working in body engineering and vehicle testing.
In a statement on LinkedIn, he said: “For over 37 years, it’s been an honour to work with such an incredible team of people to engineer and launch some of the most desirable vehicles in the world.
“The most recent launches of the New Defender and New Range Rover especially, as tech disruptors, are a testament to how the JLR family has transformed and grown – the resilience, the determination and the pioneering passion is incredible.
“Today, after almost four decades, it’s time to hand over a stronger than ever technical team, with a pioneering passion to keep creating disruptive products in this ever-changing world.”
JLR chief executive Thierry Bolloré said: “I would like to thank Nick for an incredible 37 years with our company. Over the last decades, Nick has experienced, shaped and led so much of the Land Rover – and the Jaguar Land Rover – story. We wish him every success in the future.”
By Neil Dowling
