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INEOS Automotive announces appointment of Mark Tennant as commercial director

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A successful sales and marketing professional, Mark brings over 20 years’ experience working with OEMs and international distributors to INEOS Automotive.

INEOS Automotive is delighted to announce Mark Tennant, the former Chief Executive of Guava International and former Marketing Director of Bentley Motors, as its new Commercial Director. Mark joins the company as it continues to build its senior team and he will take responsibility for the sales and marketing of the new vehicle, as well as building up the commercial division that will support the project.

In his previous position as CEO of Guava International, Mark was responsible for managing Jaguar Land Rover’s business in over 60 developing markets across Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Asia Pacific. From 2009 to 2013 he was based in Asia as Vice-President of RMA Group, Guava’s parent company, responsible for a broad portfolio of automotive businesses in Asia and beyond and working with OEMs including JLR, Ford, Daimler and TATA.

Mark joined RMA after 10 years with Bentley Motors in a number of senior sales & marketing roles, covering worldwide marketing, PR, product strategy and regional management.

Mark Tennant, Commercial Director of INEOS Automotive, said: “It was the Land Rover Defender that first brought me into the automotive industry some 25 years ago, so to be part of the INEOS team developing a spiritual successor to the Defender and its fellow 4×4 pioneers is a great opportunity. Exciting projects such as this do not come along every day and I am thrilled to be part of this new venture.”

Dirk Heilmann, CEO of INEOS Automotive said: “We are delighted Mark has decided to join the business as he is an accomplished individual with a strong track record of automotive sales & marketing, for OEMs and international distribution businesses. This experience will be a huge asset to the Grenadier. Mark is the perfect fit for INEOS Automotive and I look forward to working with him to bring our truly uncompromising off-roader to market.”

About INEOS Grenadier

In 2017, INEOS Chairman Jim Ratcliffe, a car enthusiast and experienced adventurer, identified a gap in the market for a stripped back, utilitarian, hard-working 4x4 engineered for modern day compliance and reliability. INEOS Automotive Limited was formed and a senior team of automotive professionals assembled to bring the vision to reality with a fresh perspective of 4x4 development and manufacturing.

Combining rugged British spirit and design with German engineering rigour, the Grenadier will be a truly uncompromising 4x4 built from the ground up. Engineered to overcome all conditions, it will provide best-in-class off-road capability, durability, and reliability to those who depend on a vehicle as a working tool, wherever they are in the world.

INEOS Automotive is a subsidiary of INEOS Group (www.ineos.com), a leading manufacturer of petrochemicals, speciality chemicals and oil products. It employs 26,000 people across 36 businesses, with a production network spanning 194 manufacturing facilities in 29 countries. From paints to plastics, textiles to technology, medicines to mobile phones, materials manufactured by INEOS enhance almost every aspect of modern life. In 2019, INEOS had sales of circa $61bn.

To find out more about Grenadier, visit www.ineosgrenadier.com.

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