Jean-Michel BILLIG appointed Executive Vice President,
Engineering and Quality with the renault Group
July 01, 2012 | ID: 33003
On July 1, 2012, Renault announced the appointment of
Jean-Michel Billig as a member of the Executive Committee
and Executive Vice President, Engineering and Quality,
replacing Odile Desforges.
After graduating in 1987 from Ecole Centrale Paris as an
engineer, he began his career at Eurocopter in Munich as
head of the man-machine interface for the Tiger anti-tank
helicopter. In 1998, he became head of Systems Procurement
at Airbus before being appointed Vice President for the
A400M programme for France in 2003. In 2007, he became
Senior Vice President, Systems Engineering at Airbus. He
moved back to Euro copter in 2009 as Executive Vice
President Engineering and member of the Executive
Committee.
Jean-Michel Billing was born in Bremen, Germany and is 48.
Renault is one of the world's leading automobile constructors. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- sale of vehicles (91.9%): 2.2 million passenger and commercial vehicles sold in 2023, distributed by brand between Renault (1,548,748), Dacia (658,321), Renault Korea Motors (21,980), Alpine (4,328) and other (1,968);
- services (8.1%): financing services for vehicle sales (purchasing, renting, leasing, etc.; RCI Banque), related services (maintenance, warranty extension, assistance, etc.) and mobility services.
At the end of 2023, the group had 38 industrial sites worldwide.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (29.2%), Europe (49.3%), Americas (8.7%), Eurasia (6.1%), Asia/Pacific (3.5%), Africa and Middle East (3.2%).