New Renault appointments from 1 April, 2015, include Olivier Murguet as senior vice president, chairman of Americas region, replacing Denis Barbier.

Murguet will also join the Renault management committee and will report to Jérôme Stoll, the chief competitive officer and head of sales and marketing.

Barbier will become senior vice president and deputy to the executive vice president, quality and total customer satisfaction Christian Vandenhende, to whom he will also report.

He will also join the management committee.