Renault: for Luca de Meo, six months of transition to prepare for her arrival and influence decisions

He did not wait until July to "think Rhombus". Confined to Barcelona, ​​his place of residence when he headed Seat (Volkswagen group), Luca de Meo, who takes up his post as general manager of the Renault group on July 1, had five months to delve into the many Renault files: weak points of the range, disparate industrial capacities, profitability at half mast, teams looking for a direction…

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Luca de Meo, whose appointment at Renault had been formalized at the end of January, a few weeks after his resignation from the seat of boss of Seat, was not authorized to work with the employees of the diamond before July 1, because of the non-compete clause binding him to Volkswagen. He had barely been able, since early June alone, to go to Renault premises and meet the teams. But there is no question of participating in strategic meetings, let alone making decisions.

He obviously worked a lot to know the subjects in detail

Contractually, this "tight" period was to last

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