• August 3, 2011

Mike O'Driscoll, former managing director at Jaguar Cars, and president of Aston Martin, Jaguar and Land Rover North America, when those brands were part of Ford's Premier Auto Group, has joined the global advisory board of Just Marketing International, a motorsports marketing firm.

O'Driscoll squired Jaguar through Ford's sale of the automaker to Tata Motors Limited. O'Driscoll will counsel JMI and continue serving as Chairman of Jaguar Heritage - an independent trust that manages Jaguar's museum, archives and extensive global car collection.

The Global Advisory Board is JMI's brain trust in business development, marketing and sponsorship execution. The board is also publicly and privately active in advancing key motorsports industry initiatives, per JMI.

Among JMI's advisory board members are these executives who are now -- or have been, in the positions noted: William J. Hannigan, President and CEO of AT&T; John C. Hodgson, SVP and Chief Marekting & Sales Officer, DuPont; Kent J. Hussey, CEO, Spectrum Brands; Michael D. Lister, Chairman and CEO, Jackson Hewitt Tax Service; Robert M. Malcolm, President, Global Marketing, Sales and Innovation, Diageo PLC; Bryan Moss, President, Gulfstream Aerospace; and Henri Richard, Senior Vice President, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Freescale Semiconductor Inc.