Philippe Buros named SVP Market Area France and member of Renault’s management committee

Philippe Buros will become SVP Market Area France and will also sit on Renault’s Management Committee. He will report to Stefan Mueller, Member of the Group Executive Committee and Chairman of Europe Region.

 From the same date, Bernard Cambier, a member of Renault’s Management Committee, will become Chairman of the newly-created Middle-East India Region. In the course of a period of modernisation and development spanning almost six years, the longest in the company’s modern history, Bernard Cambier has led Market Area France to incontestable results and a position as the market leader.

Born in 1961, Philippe Buros graduated from Nice University with a Masters degree in management before joining Renault DIAC where he filled a variety of roles in Sales and Marketing from 1985, until becoming the Regional Manager for Lyon in 1992. In 1999, he was named Managing Director of DIAC Location/Overlease before being appointed Deputy Managing Director of Renault Parc Entreprises in 2001. He then assumed the position of Managing Director of RCI Romania from 2006 until 2009. On June 1, 2010, he became the Sales and Marketing Director of RCI Banque.

Bernard Cambier was born in 1953, and holds a Masters degree in private law. After joining Renault in 1979, he held a number of different positions at Renault DIAC. He was named Branch Manager in 1990, then Regional Manager for northeastern France in 1992. In 1994, he was appointed Director of Renault Switzerland SA, before heading the multi-brand used car project in 1997. From 1999 to 2001, he was Sales and Marketing Director for the high-end vehicle range until his nomination as Vice President, Corporate Sales in September 2001. After more than three-and-a-half years as Vice President, Parts and Accessories from January 1, 2005, he joined Renault’s Management Committee on September 1, 2008. He became Senior Vice-President, Market Area France, on March 1, 2009.