Prof Dr Ralf Speth
Non-Executive Director
Prof Dr Ralf Speth was the Chief Executive Officer of Jaguar Land Rover.
In 2010, Dr Ralf Speth was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Jaguar Land Rover and Non-Executive Director of Tata Motors.
Dr Ralf Speth started his professional career at BMW, where he stayed for 20 years before joining Ford Motor Company's Premier Automotive Group (PAG) and later Linde Group, the international gases, materials handling and engineering company.
Dr Speth is a professor at the University of Warwick and has been a member of the Royal Academy of Engineering since 2014. In 2015, he was appointed Knight of the British Empire (KBE). In 2019 he was Knighted as Additional Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. In 2020 Sir Ralf was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Dr Speth was nominated as a Non-Executive Director and Vice Chairman of the JLR Board following his retirement in September 2020. He is also the Chairman of the TVS Motor Company Board of Directors, and serves on a number of Boards in Europe, United Kingdom and the United States.