Valeo has appointed Christophe Périllat as deputy CEO and director.

The appointments are in line with the succession plan of Jacques Aschenbroich, as detailed in October, 2020 and in Valeo’s 2020 Universal Registration Document.

The succession plan provides the separation of the roles of chairman of the board and CEO will take place in January, 2022, with Aschenbroich continuing to act as chairman until the end of his current term of office as director, that is, until May, 2023 and being succeeded by Périllat as CEO from January, 2022.

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Périllat was appointed associate CEO of Valeo on October 27, 2020.

After joining the Valeo Group in 2000, Périllat held several management positions in a number of Group companies gradually increasing in size, until he became COO in 2011 and associate CEO in October, 2020.

Previously, Périllat worked in the aeronautics industry with equipment manufacturer, Labinal, in supply chain, plant, project and subsidiary management positions in France and in the US.

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