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[IMGA=right]http://bp2.blogger.com/_0vH5oYw5D-I/R1LD9e91KtI/AAAAAAAABo0/AuXopOOW-3g/s400/Geoff+Polites+and+Elysium.jpg[/IMGA]Land Rover's Chief Executive Geoff Polites, who is credited with steering the storied British luxury brands through the ongoing sale process to India's Tata Motors Ltd., has died. He was 60.
Polites died Sunday in his home country of Australia after battling serious illness for the past two years, Ford Motor Co. said. Additional details, including where in Australia he died, weren't released.
Dearborn-based Ford credits Polites with leading the team that returned the overall Jaguar and Land Rover business back to profitability. Ford said Sunday it still anticipates completing the deal with Tata in the second quarter.
Polites died Sunday in his home country of Australia after battling serious illness for the past two years, Ford Motor Co. said. Additional details, including where in Australia he died, weren't released.
Dearborn-based Ford credits Polites with leading the team that returned the overall Jaguar and Land Rover business back to profitability. Ford said Sunday it still anticipates completing the deal with Tata in the second quarter.
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