WBS EMBA Talent Profiles 2021

Nikhil Eswaran linkedin.com/in/nikhil-eswaran

■ Career history: Project Manager, AVL Powertrain, UK Vehicle Engineering Leader, Aston Martin Lagonda, UK Principal Engineer, McLaren Automotive, UK Project Leader, Jaguar Land Rover, UK ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK MSc, Automotive Systems Engineering, Loughborough University, UK B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, SASTRA, India

■ Nationality: British

■ Languages:

Tamil (native) Hindi (native) English (fluent) French (basic) Spanish (basic) German (basic)

■ Career achievements: Led the vehicle attribute development and sign-off for the 2013 Range Rover diesel hybrid, the world’s first production luxury diesel hybrid. The project marked a paradigm shift in JLR’s capabilities in cutting-edge powertrains and proprietary vehicle control systems. Introduced elements of AGILE software development model and achieved ASPICE 3 accreditation, increasing team engagement and co-ordination as well as 40% faster turnaround of software releases. Managed technical delivery of turnkey bespoke vehicle projects through strong product definition, strategic business case creation and implementation of innovative processes, significantly shortening time to market.

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