April 19 (SeeNews) - French car manufacturer Renault said on Thursday it has named Alexander Simionescu as new general manager of its Romanian technology centre Renault Technologie Roumanie (RTR) effective as of April 1.
Simionescu is replacing Pascal Candau, who has held this position for three years and will take on other missions within the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, Groupe Renault said in a statement.
Alexander Simionescu has more than 15 years experience in management and as a general manager, but also in areas such as research, structured analysis, design, development and implementation, engineering and software maintenance of electronically assisted systems, according to the statement.
The new RTR general manager will coordinate the engineering teams of Groupe Renault Romania and is a member of the company's management committee.
"Renault Technology Romania is a success story of both the Group and the country. I intend to continue this success, along with the 2,800 engineers connected to the RTR activity. We expect new, very complex projects, and I count on my colleagues' passion for car and their orientation towards the future," Simionescu said.
Simionescu, 49, has graduated from the Technical University of Vienna, the faculty of electrical engineering, specializing in telecommunications. He has a PhD at the same university in semiconductor technology.
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Created in June 2006, RTR is Renault's largest engineering centre outside France, employing about 1,700 engineers in Bucharest, Titu and Mioveni.
Groupe Renault is present in 127 countries and sold 3.76 million vehicles in 2017. It owns five brands - Renault, Dacia, Renault Samsung Motors, Alpine and Lada and has an alliance with Nissan and Mitsubishi. Renault bought Romania's Automobile Dacia, an ailing state company at the time, in 1999.
Dacia said earlier this month that Antoine Doucerain will be appointed director general of Dacia and Renault Romania as of May 1. Doucerain is replacing Yves Caracatzanis, who will take on another position within Groupe Renault.
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