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Peugeot design chief Gilles Vidal joins Renault

Gilles Vidal is the second Luca de Meo file for the Renault design department to announce the incorporation of Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos el lunes.
Peugeot's design director, Gilles Vidal, agreed on the second form of Luca de Meo, Renault's CEO and Seat's president, for the design firm of the firm. Vidal will join the French automobile industry in the next month of November and there will be Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos, the first recorder, who will leave Seat to return to work with De Meo from the 1st of October.
Vidal y Mesonero-Romanos worked on the orders of Laurens van den Acker, head of design for the Renault Group. "Gilles has been inspiring for many people. I have a lot of work with him to face the challenges of the movement of the man," recalls Van den Acker in an official statement. (Peugeot, Citroën, DS and Opel) this year towards Renault behind Gilles Le Borgne, director of engineering for the French-German consortium has passed the month of energy. Over the past decade, several executives have passed from one group to another, especially after Carlos Tavares, Renault executive, in the direction of PSA.

A PSA track
Gilles Vidal made his professional career in the PSA Group. After graduating, he joined Citroën in 1996 to work on the exterior and interior design of his vehicles. In the company of the chevrons I will lead the design process for the C4, the C4 Picasso and the prototypes that have been assigned to Peugeot in 2009.
In 2010, Vidal became the head of the design of the Leon brand and in charge of the experience and interface of the user of the PSA Group, creating the Peugeot Design Lab. From his pencil salieron we brought them to form a whole new generation of Peugeot vehicles, such as the 2008 SUV, 3008 and 5008, as well as the 508 sedan and the compact 208. The past, PSA confirmed the departure of Vidal from the group without alleging motives and announcing to Matthias Hossann as a new design manager. Until now, Hossann took care of the Peugeot prototypes, among which the neoclassical E-Legend stands out.

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