This is probably the fastest rumored CEO in history.
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On October 11th, Renault’s board of directors voted to let CEO Thierry Bollore leave immediately. Prior to the new CEO’s unconfirmed candidate, Clotilde Del Bos was appointed as CEO.
Two days ago, the French newspaper Le Figaro reported that Renault’s chairman Jean-Dominique Sennad was interested in appointing a new CEO, “forcing” the current CEO Bologre to step down. This may happen. Presented at the board meeting on October 18. Renault’s largest shareholder, the French government, is very likely to support this decision.
I was very surprised by this rumor that Bollore had responded to the media. “This incident made me unexpected. I don’t know what went wrong with my work.”
However, only two days have passed, and rumors have become a reality.
According to foreign media reports, Renault also appointed two new executives to assist the “agent CEO”, respectively, chief sales officer Olivier Murgate and deputy managing director Jose Vicente • Delos Mozos (mainly focusing on advanced manufacturing and supply chain matters).
Public information shows that the newly appointed Delbos has worked for companies such as PricewaterhouseCoopers and Pischne Group. In 2012, he entered the Renault Group as a director and became a CFO four years later.
The new Renault CEO is seen as a hope to restart the Renault-Nissan alliance and is also a hope to save its troubles in China.
Renault and Nissan formed an alliance in 1999. At the beginning, the two sides achieved a win-win result. Later, due to the “unequality” of the two parties’ shareholding ratio (Renault holds 43.4% of Nissan’s shares, and Nissan only has 15% of Renault’s non-voting shares), and the product development ideas are divided, the Renault-Nissan Alliance is quite sceptical. Renault’s former chairman and CEO, who was also the CEO of Nissan, was arrested and the alliance was further disintegrated. According to media reports, the functional departments of Renault’s and Nissan’s joint operations were closed.
The Alliance urgently needs a key person to fix the relationship. Moreover, Renault’s development in China has also encountered difficulties.According to data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in August 2019, Dongfeng Renault sold 1,050 vehicles, a sharp drop of 64% year-on-year. The cumulative sales volume in January-August this year was 11,300 units. This figure is even less than the sales volume of some hot-selling models. One third of the.
Under internal and external troubles, Renault CEO candidates need to be determined as soon as possible under the premise of careful selection.
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