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02-20-2009, 04:01 PM
Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs (http://www.autoblog.com/category/hirings-firings/), Mercedes-Benz (http://www.autoblog.com/category/mercedes-benz/), PSA (http://www.autoblog.com/category/psa/), Citroen (http://www.autoblog.com/category/citroen/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/02/jean-marc-gales.jpg (http://www.autonews.com/article/20090212/ANE02/902129997/1128)French automaker PSA/Peugeot-Citroen is serious about breathing new air into its chevron-badged division. After partnering with Polyphony's Gran Turismo racing simulator franchise for the GTbyCitroen concept (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/02/paris-2008-the-gt-by-citroen-no-the-whole-thing-this-time/) and announcing the revival of the DS nameplate with an upcoming show car (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/05/citroen-ds3-concept-leaks-out-before-geneva-debut/) at the Geneva Motor Show (http://www.autoblog.com/category/Geneva-Motor-Show/), the Franco auto group has managed to poach Mercedes-Benz sales chief Jean-Marc Gales to be Citroen's new chief executive.
Born in Luxembourg, 46-year-old Gales held a variety of positions at Volkswagen, BMW and Opel before moving to Mercedes-Benz. In his new job, he'll be replacing Gilles Michel, who departed Citroen - now celebrating its 90th anniversary (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/12/citroen-marks-90th-anniversary-with-new-logo/) - for a government position last December. Gales will join PSA's five-member top executive committee in a couple of months from now.
[Source: Automotive News Europe (http://www.autonews.com/article/20090212/ANE02/902129997/1128) - subs. req'd]Coup de Grâce: Citroen poaches Mercedes sales chief (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/20/i-coup-de-grace-i-citroen-poaches-mercedes-sales-chief/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Fri, 20 Feb 2009 07:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/02/jean-marc-gales.jpg (http://www.autonews.com/article/20090212/ANE02/902129997/1128)French automaker PSA/Peugeot-Citroen is serious about breathing new air into its chevron-badged division. After partnering with Polyphony's Gran Turismo racing simulator franchise for the GTbyCitroen concept (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/02/paris-2008-the-gt-by-citroen-no-the-whole-thing-this-time/) and announcing the revival of the DS nameplate with an upcoming show car (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/05/citroen-ds3-concept-leaks-out-before-geneva-debut/) at the Geneva Motor Show (http://www.autoblog.com/category/Geneva-Motor-Show/), the Franco auto group has managed to poach Mercedes-Benz sales chief Jean-Marc Gales to be Citroen's new chief executive.
Born in Luxembourg, 46-year-old Gales held a variety of positions at Volkswagen, BMW and Opel before moving to Mercedes-Benz. In his new job, he'll be replacing Gilles Michel, who departed Citroen - now celebrating its 90th anniversary (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/12/citroen-marks-90th-anniversary-with-new-logo/) - for a government position last December. Gales will join PSA's five-member top executive committee in a couple of months from now.
[Source: Automotive News Europe (http://www.autonews.com/article/20090212/ANE02/902129997/1128) - subs. req'd]Coup de Grâce: Citroen poaches Mercedes sales chief (http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/20/i-coup-de-grace-i-citroen-poaches-mercedes-sales-chief/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Fri, 20 Feb 2009 07:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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