Olivier Quesnel named as Director of Peugeot Sport and Citroën Sport

PARIS, France – December 10, 2008: Olivier Quesnel has been appointed Director of both Citroën Sport and Peugeot Sport. He will take up his position on January 1, 2009. Peugeot Sport's current Director Michel Barge has moved on to another post. With the same person at the helm of the two brands' competition departments, Peugeot and Citroën will be looking to pursue two objectives:

Ensure the success of both brands in the disciplines in which they are respectively active, namely the FIA World Rally Championship in the case of Citroën, and endurance racing in the case of Peugeot,

Develop synergy between the two operations and optimize costs.

"I am very proud to have been appointed Director of Citroën Sport and Peugeot Sport. I know the latter well having started my career with this team," says Olivier Quesnel. "I will do everything in my power to enable Peugeot Sport to surpass the results it has already achieved. The potential is definitely there: the 908 HDi FAP is competitive and everyone in the team is extremely committed. I am counting on their continuing motivation and determination to help me rise to this exciting new challenge just as successfully as we have done at Citroën Sport. "As for Citroën, I am confident that we have the capacity to repeat the exceptional results we obtained in 2008, namely the Manufacturers' WRC title for the brand and the Drivers' and Co-drivers' world crowns for Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena for the fifth year running."