Renault Group has announced that Philippe Krief will be appointed Chief Technology Office, in parallel with his current duties within the Alpine brand.

He will take over from Gilles Le Borgne, who has been appointed to a strategic advisory role to the CEO.

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Mr Krief’s new role will be effective from 1 September 2024.

As Renault Group Chief Technology Officer, reporting to CEO Luca de Meo, Philippe will manage all group engineering activities and resources. He will be able to draw on his extensive experience in this field, in particular his experience as Director of Engineering at Ferrari.

Luca de Meo, CEO of Renault Group said: “Let’s not forget that motorsport is a laboratory of innovation for our vehicles. It’s up to us to make this a reality, so that they are accessible to as many of our customers as possible”.

A graduate of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées, Philippe Krief has worked on a wide range of models, from the B-segment to cars ‘worth several million euros’, Renault said.

After starting out at Michelin, he continued his career with the Fiat Group, before moving on to Ferrari and then Maserati, as Vehicle Department Director and Technical Director of the Alfa Romeo brand respectively.

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