Gerry McGovern is design director and board member for Land Rover, overseeing both Land Rover and Range Rover brands from the company’s design studio at Gaydon, Warwickshire.
He began his career at Chrysler in the US, returned to the UK with Peugeot, and then rejoined his former mentor at Chrysler, Roy Axe – this time at the Rover Group. He was the lead designer of the critically acclaimed MGF sports car and the Land Rover Freelander, and led the team that created the current Range Rover.
In 1999 Ford Motor Company hired Gerry to head up and rejuvenate the Lincoln-Mercury design. He set up a new design studio in California and became only the second design professional to be appointed to the Lincoln Mercury board.
He returned to the UK in 2003 as creative director of Ford’s design and creativity centre, Ingeni, and joined Land Rover a year later.
Gerry’s first new introduction was the LRX concept, a vehicle which provided the base for the new Range Rover Evoque, but he has also guided the evolution of the 2010 Range Rover, Range Rover Sport and Discovery 4.