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Mercedes-Benz exec to head Citroen

By Matt Brogan |

PSA/Peugeot-Citroen has hired Mercedes-Benz sales executive Jean-Marc Gales to head the Citroen brand.

Gales, a 46-year-old citizen of Luxembourg, will take the helm at Citroen in March, replacing Gilles Michel who left Citroen last December to manage the French government’s new strategic investment fund.

PSA/Peugeot-Citroen said Gales will be nominated in mid-April to a seat on the French carmaker’s five-person executive committee.

Currently, Gales is global sales director at Mercedes. He has held a range of management posts with Volkswagen, BMW and Opel.


 
  • pious

    You’re kidding!!! This is the best news I have seen all day. I am sooooooo happy about this (well, really I couldnt give a toss, but someone went to the trouble of doing the article so I thought I’d acknowledge it)

  • Cupid Stunt

    Wow!! he looks typically Flemish. Does this mean we will be getting better built Citroens from now!!

    Careful Pious you’ll get “awaiting moderation”