When Adrian Mardell was named CEO of JLR (formerly Jaguar Land Rover) on an interim basis late last year, his was a name somewhat from leftfield.
He stepped up from his CFO role to replace Thierry Bolloré and clearly left such a good impression amongst the Tata hierarchy that he was last month given the job on a full-time basis.
The automotive industry is a big place but a small one at the same time, where everyone seemingly knows - or knows of - everyone, particularly when the top job is at stake.
