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Luca de Meo
Born (1967-06-13) 13 June 1967 (age 57)
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
NationalityItalian
EducationBocconi University
OccupationCEO of Renault Group
Awards"Commendatore" by the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic

Luca de Meo (born 13 June 1967) is an Italian automotive executive who is currently the CEO of Renault Group.[1]

Early life and education

Born in Milan in 1967 to parents originating from Locorotondo,[2] de Meo received a degree in Business Administration from Bocconi University in Milan. In his thesis he examined business ethics, which was one of the first dissertations on this subject in Italy.[3]

Career

Automotive sector

De Meo has more than twenty-five years of experience in the automotive sector. He began his career at Renault, from 1992 to 1998, in Italy then France[4], prior to joining Toyota Europe[5].

Fiat Group

In 2002, he joined the Fiat Group, where he was Head of Business Units of the brand Lancia, before he was apponted by Sergio Marchionne as CEO of Fiat Automobiles and later of Alfa Romeo. He also served as Chief Marketing Officer of Fiat Group from 2007 to 2009[6]. He was also the CEO of Abarth[7]. During his time at Fiat, Luca de Meo led the Fiat 500 project and revived the Abarth brand [8][9].

Volkswagen Group

De Meo joined the Volkswagen Group in 2009, as marketing director of the brand of Volkswagen and of the Volkswagen Group, prior to taking up the position of board of management member for sales and marketing at Audi AG. He was president of SEAT from November 2015 to January 2020.[10]

Renault Group

In January 2020, it was announced that he would be the CEO of Renault Group effective July 2020,[11] leaving Renault without a CEO for another five months due to a non-compete clause with Volkswagen Group.[12]

In January 2021, de Meo presented "Renaulution", the new strategic plan for Renault Group, which aims to shift the strategy from volume to value.[13]

Academic sector

De Meo is a multilingual[5] who speaks Italian, English, French,[12] German[14] and Spanish. He is a teaching fellow at SDA Bocconi School of Management [15], of which he is also Alumnus of the Year in 2017[16]

Other activities

De Meo was a member of the Supervisory Board of Ducati and Lamborghini from 2015 to 2020.[17]

Luca de Meo was an Independent Member of the Board of Directors of Gruppo TIM until 2022.[18]

Awards and reception

In July 2015[19][20], de Meo was named "commendatore" by the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, and Harvard University dedicated a case study to him in 2013, for his work in the Volkswagen Group as Marketing Director.[21]

In 2017, he was named Bocconi Alumnus of the Year, for representing the university values of professionalism, initiative, integrity, responsibility and openness to pluralism.[3] His competences in leadership are said to be in marketing, product planning, having attention to detail and avoiding conflict, while he lacks an engineering background.[22][14] His personality has been described as collegial, humorous and culturally adaptive.[14]

In November 2019, he was provided the "Entrepreneur of the Year Medal of Honour" by the Catalan Employers[23].

In March 2021, King Felipe VI of Spain awarded him with the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic.[24]

In 2022, he was appointed as 'Cavaliere del Lavoro' by a presidential decree in Italy.[25]

Publications

  • Da 0 a 500. Storie vissute, idee e consigli da uno dei manager più dinamici della nuova generazione[26] (De Meo, Luca. "From 0 to 500: lived stories, ideas and advice from one of the most dynamic managers of the new generation" Marsilio, 2010.)

Personal life

De Meo is married to Silvia Goracci and has two sons.[2][27][28]

References

  1. ^ "Biography Luca de Meo - Groupe Renault". group.renault.com. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b Carretto, Bianca (2020-01-13). "Chi è Luca de Meo, l'italiano che si prepara a guidare la Renault". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  3. ^ a b "Luca de Meo is the 2017 Bocconi Alumnus of the Year". www.viasarfatti25.unibocconi.eu. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Les Barons de la Bourse". Zonebourse. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Qui est Luca De Meo, l'envoûteur futur directeur général de Renault ?". Challenges. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Les petits secrets de Luca de Meo, successeur de Carlos Ghosn". Capital. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  7. ^ "DE MEO APPOINTED CEO OF ALFA ROMEO". Stellantis. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  8. ^ "The CAR inquisition: Seat's new boss, Luca de Meo, on the company's future". Car Magazine. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Qui est Luca de Meo, le patron qui voit Seat en grand". La Tribune. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Volkswagen says Luca de Meo steps down as CEO of Seat". Reuters. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  11. ^ Ewing, Jack; Alderman, Liz (January 28, 2020). "Renault Chooses Volkswagen Executive as New C.E.O." The New York Times.
  12. ^ a b "Renault chooses VW's Luca De Meo as new CEO". France 24. 28 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Groupe Renault "Renaulution" strategic plan". Automotive World. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  14. ^ a b c "Luca de Meo: 'Cultural sponge' takes 'job from hell' at Renault". Financial Times. 21 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Luca de Meo". SDA Bocconi School of Management.
  16. ^ "Luca de Meo is the 2017 Bocconi Alumnus of the Year". Via Sarfatti 25. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  17. ^ "Luca de Meo (Renault) nommé à la présidence de l'ACEA en 2023". L'Argus. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  18. ^ "Luca De Meo, le DG de Renault, quitte le conseil d'administration de Telecom Italia". Les Echos. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  19. ^ "Audi: Luca de Meo receives honorary title "Commendatore al Merito della Repubblica Italiana"". Automotive World. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  20. ^ "Luca de Meo, nuovo CEO di Renault". Bocconi Alumni. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  21. ^ Hill, Linda A.; Teppert, Dana M. (30 April 2013). "Luca de Meo at Volkswagen Group" – via www.hbs.edu. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  22. ^ Nussbaum, Ania; Rauwald, Christoph (21 November 2019). "Marchionne's One-Time Protege De Meo Leads Renault CEO Race". Bloomberg.
  23. ^ "On vous présente Luca de Meo, le futur directeur général de Renault". Capital. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  24. ^ "Real Decreto 165/2021, de 16 de marzo, por el que se concede la Gran Cruz de la Orden de Isabel la Católica al señor Luca de Meo, presidente y consejero delegado de Renault". boe.es. Retrieved 2021-03-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  25. ^ "Cavalieri del Lavoro 2022, da Balbinot a De Meo: le 25 nomine di Mattarella". Milano Finanza. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  26. ^ De Meo, Luca. "Da 0 a 500. Storie vissute, idee e consigli da uno dei manager più dinamici della nuova generazione".
  27. ^ "Foment pide a las autoridades el fin de los actos violentos y las coacciones". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  28. ^ "Meeting between Luca de Meo, CEO Groupe Renault & Romain Lanéry, YouTuber | Groupe Renault". YouTube. 20 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
Business positions
Preceded by CEO of Renault
2020–present 		Incumbent
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