RENAULT has appointed former Volkswagen Group senior executive Luca de Meo to the CEO role vacated by Thierry Bollore last October, with the French car-maker’s chief financial officer Clotilde Delbos – who stepped into the interim CEO role after Mr Bollore’s departure – promoted to deputy CEO.
The recruitment of an outsider for the crucial role within the scandal-hit Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance marks the latest leadership reshuffle in what appears to be a clearing of allies to former chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn following his arrest in Japan in late 2018 for alleged financial misconduct.