After five years at the head of Renault, Luca de Meo will leave the group

The Managing Director had started his career with the automaker. This announcement is part of the wake of a wave of departures within the Alliance with Nissan.

A page turns. After five years at the renault head, Luca de Meo will leave the group’s general management on July 15, the automaker announced, in a press release Posted on Sunday June 15. The Italian had arrived at the head from the diamond brand In 2020, shortly after the crisis caused by the “Carlos Ghosn affair”, the ex-company of the company.

Luca de Meo notably undertook the acceleration of the development of Renault electric cars, for example in Recording the models Les Renault 4 and 5. This “Renaulution”, name of its plan to relaunch the brand to the diamond, has rather borne fruit, since this new range of cars and the reduction of costs, allowed the manufacturer to identify record profitability in 2024 and to resist in an automotive sector in slow motion.

“For five years, Luca de Meo worked to hand over Renault Group, where its place is. Under its leadership, our company has found a healthy base, it now has a magnificent range of products and has returned to growth”welcomes in the press release Jean-Dominique Senard, the chairman of the Board of Directors of Renault.

The 58 -year -old leader now has “take up new challenges outside the automotive sector”continued the company. Luca de Meo started his career at Renault and also went to Fiat’s management, where he successfully revived the little 500, Before revitalizing Seat for the Volkswagen group.

This announcement is part of the wake of a wave of departures within the Alliance with Nissan, where Renault holds 35 % of the capital and 15 % of the voting rights. In mid-April, Jean-Dominique Senard also announced his withdrawal.