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Jean-Pierre Ploué Appointed Director of Styling for PSA Peugeot Citroën Group


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PARIS – September 29, 2008: 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.

Mr. Ploué, who has successfully led the Citroën styling renaissance over the past eight years, will manage the ADN, a center of automotive creativity with two dedicated Peugeot and Citroën styling teams.

He will report to Grégoire Olivier, Member of the Managing Board and Executive Vice President, Programs.

Jérôme Gallix, head of Peugeot styling since 2007, has left the Group, effective today, to pursue a personal project.