Whos Where: Jean-Pierre Ploué promoted at PSA

Jean-Pierre Ploué, Citroën Styling Director since 2000, has been appointed Director of Styling for the entire PSA Peugeot Citroën Group effective October 1.

In this capacity, he will lead all of the Peugeot and Citroën styling teams, which have been consolidated at the Group's Automotive Design Network facility in Vélizy since 2004.

This combined Peugeot and Citroën design center provides effective support for the Group's commitment to strengthening and differentiating the two brands' styling universes, a process that was initiated by Chairman Christian Streiff as part of the dynamic of the CAP 2010 program.

Jean-Pierre Ploué, who has successfully led the Citroën styling renaissance over the past eight years – working on the development of vehicles such as the C5, C4 and C4 Picasso – will manage the ADN, a center of automotive creativity with two dedicated Peugeot and Citroën styling teams.

Prior to joining Citroën, Ploué worked for Ford and Renault, where he led the design of the first-generation Twingo.

In a further statement from PSA's press office, Jérôme Gallix, head of Peugeot styling since 2007, will leave the Group from today to pursue a personal project.

As yet, there are no indications as to who might head up the individual design teams of Peugeot and Citroën to replace these two design chiefs.

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