Plastic Omnium has appointed Stéphane Noël as Intelligent Exterior Systems president and CEO, as well as Christian Kopp to the post of president and CEO of Clean Energy Systems.

The Intelligent Exterior Systems business generates revenue of around EUR4bn (US$4.5bn), while the Clean Energy Systems operation has around EUR3bn revenue.

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Noël started his career at Hutchinson, working in quality and operations, and later became a subsidiary CEO in Asia. He joined Plastic Omnium in 2012 as president and CEO for Asia for the Clean Energy Systems business.

In October, 2017 he took on the role of president and CEO of Clean Energy Systems.

Kopp came to Plastic Omnium in 2007 after starting his career at Thomson CSF and Valeo. He held several positions in the Intelligent Exterior Systems business in the areas of programmes, sales and business development, before becoming CEO of Chinese joint venture, YFPO.

Most recently, he served as president and CEO of the Asia region for Clean Energy Systems.

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