François Provost is appointed Chief Purchasing Officer and Managing Director of APO

“In today’s fast-changing Automotiveindustry, Purchasing is being reshaped in-depth by new technologies and theneed to forge new relationships with our suppliers’ ecosystem to foster value,reduce our impact, and widen our coverage of the new value chain. François hasa large and global experience across the entire Automotive sector. His proventrack-record in developing successful and innovative partnerships will be amajor asset to tackle our next challenges.”said Luca de Meo, Renault Group CEO.

FrançoisProvost succeeds Gianluca De Ficchy who will be appointed CEO of Mobilize.

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Born in 1968, François Provost graduated fromthe École Polytechnique and École des Mines de Paris in France. He started hiscareer as senior civil servant in the French Ministry of Economy and Finance,Treasury Department. He then became Senior Advisor to the French Minister ofDefense.

He joined Renault in 2002 in the Sales & MarketingDivision in France as branch General Manager, then regional Sales Director. In2005, he took the position of Managing Director of Renault-Nissan Portugal.From 2008 to 2010, he served as Vice-President, Strategy and planning, withinthe Sales and Marketing department. He was then appointed Chief OperatingOfficer of Renault Russia.

In September 2011, he became CEO of Renault SamsungMotors.

In 2016, François Provost became Senior VicePresident, China Operations and then Chairman of Asia-Pacific region as from2017.

As of October 2020, François Provost is appointed SVP,International Development & Partnerships of Groupe Renault in charge ofreshuffling international operations and some key partnerships outside Europe.He took also charge of Public Affairs as from 2021 and piloted thetransformation plan of Renault Group released during Capital Market Day inNovember 2022.