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French automaker Renault has said Josep Maria Recasens will succeed Luca de Meo of the company’s electric vehicle (EV) subsidiary Ampere.
Recasens, currently Chief Operations Officer, will the CEO role at the beginning of April, taking over from Meo who has held the position since November 2023.
Ampere’s current CEO, Luca de Meo, said:
“I am very pleased to hand over to Josep Maria as CEO, following on from his role as Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Ampere, to continue the deep and rapid transformation we have been driving with Ampere since its creation. We have been working together since 2022 on this project,”
Recasens joined SEAT in 2002 and has held various positions in R&D, product planning and international project management, before being appointed Director of Strategy, Secretary General and Director of Public Affairs of SEAT. In June 2021, he joined Renault Group as SVP, Strategy and Business Development and became Chief Strategy Officer in early 2023.
At the time of Ampere’s creation on November 1, 2023, Josep Maria Recasens became Chief Operating Officer of Ampere.
Born from Renault Group, Ampere manufactures fully-electric vehicles featuring cutting-edge software technology.
“I know that with Josep Maria at the helm, Ampere will continue and successfully accelerate its role as a spearhead for the Group and the European industry,” continued de Meo.
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