On the occasion of the appointment of Luca de Meo as CEO of the Renault Group, the prestigious French daily newspaper published a page about the new Renault boss. The article was published on Tuesday this week, exactly one day before the very first day of Luca in the office.
We are very happy to remark that the French newspaper is mentioning the European AUTOBEST Jury as a reference among other great institutions – like Valeo and personalities, including Patrick Pelata, a former no2 in Renault group during the Carlos Ghosn era.
`Luca is a marketing genius! ` is mentioning the newspaper quoting Dan Vardie, AUTOBEST Founder and Chairman. `This was confirmed in time by some of the most prominent personalities of the car industry, the late Sergio Marchionne of FCA, Martin Winterkorn, the former CEO of VW group and Jim Farley, the COO of Ford Motor Company. All of them named Luca the best marketing professional of the car industry.” continues Les Echos. In fact, the title of the article is inspired from the statement of AUTOBEST Founder.
We are also glad to notice that Les Echos is mentioning De Meo been inducted in our globally unique `MANBEST Hall of Fame` in 2009, the youngest inductee in AUTOBEST `MANBEST` history. MANBEST is a Hall of Fame dedicated to the best top executives we have nowadays in the car industry. Every year maximum one new member can be welcomed in MANBEST Hall of Fame.
Back in 2009, Luca was leaving Fiat to join VW Group as Chief Marketing Officer. Since the welcome in MANBEST he had great achievements inside VW , lately as CEO of SEAT been the first top executive of the Spanish brand to secure a profitable operation. Yestarday, Luca embarked in the most challenging job of his life, yet.
`Wait for spectacular news in the next 6 months!` Dan Vardie said for Les Echos.
We congratulate, Luca de Meo, for the new position and wish him a lot of success!
