Adrian Hallmark appointed Chairman and CEO of Bentley Motors

Bentley Motors has announced the appointment of Adrian Hallmark as its new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, starting on 1 February 2018. Hallmark's appointment marks one of four senior leadership changes at Bentley Motors with new Board Members for Engineering; Sales and Marketing; and People, Digitalisation and IT.

Hallmark, 55, joins Bentley from Jaguar Land Rover, where he held the role of Global Strategy Director. He brings more than 18 years of automotive board level experience from the U.S.A, Europe and Asia with Porsche, Volkswagen, Saab and Bentley Motors.

During his time at Bentley, he held the role of Board Member for Sales, Marketing and PR and played an integral role in the introduction of the sector-defining Continental GT in 2003. Hallmark succeeds Wolfgang Durheimer, 59, who will continue to take a key role advising Volkswagen Group motorsport.