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Rover shake-up

17 November 1988

THE GUARDIAN

Rover chairman Graham Day is giving up his position as chief executive and has appointed George Simpson, chief executive of Leyland/DAF, as managing director. A Rover spokeman said that the changes brought Rover into line with other subsidiaries of British Aerospace, where the role of chairman and managing director are separated.

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