• Louise O’Sullivan appointed Network Operations Director, Groupe Renault UK
• Promoted from her current role as Dacia Brand Manager
• Louise O’Sullivan has been with Groupe Renault for nearly 25 years
• Sales Director, Nick Tame, moves to a new role within Groupe Renault

Louise O’Sullivan has been appointed as the new Network Operations Director for Groupe Renault UK following a promotion from her previous role as Dacia Brand Manager, having been with Groupe Renault UK for nearly 25 years. After two and a half years as Sales Director for Groupe Renault UK, Nick Tame will be taking up a new strategic management role within Groupe Renault.

Louise O’Sullivan commented: “I’m delighted to become Network Operations Director at such an important time for our brands. I’ve worked closely with our dealer partners throughout my time with Groupe Renault, not least in my most recent role as Dacia Brand Manager, listening to the network’s invaluable insight and feedback to develop the Dacia brand together in the UK. The Groupe achieved a lot in 2017 and 2018, as part of our Drive The Future Mid-Term Plan, and we are now ready to build on these foundations and accelerate in 2019 and beyond.”

Vincent Tourette, Managing Director, Groupe Renault UK and Ireland, commented: “Louise has considerable experience in working with our dealers and has a strong track record through delivering the Dacia Acceleration Plan and so I congratulate her on a worthy promotion. Her appointment as Network Operations Director will strengthen an already extremely capable team and allow us to focus on our business targets for the years to come. I would like to thank Nick for the energy, passion and commitment he brought to his sales role during the last two and half years and I wish him all the very best for his new role.”

Louise joined Groupe Renault UK in 1995 on the Graduate Scheme having graduated from Lancaster University with a degree in Marketing and French. From there, she moved up the ranks through market analysis, product marketing, sales, after-sales, fleet business and marketing communications. Amongst much more, Louise had responsibility for Renault’s high-end vehicle range in the mid-2000s, as well as the LCV range and then oversaw successful marketing campaigns such as Renault’s sponsorship of ITV’s Jonathan Ross Show. She became Head of Dacia for the UK, Ireland, Malta and Cyprus in October 2015. Louise has overseen Dacia’s impressive retail market share growth and has also recently celebrated with over 140,000 Dacia vehicles sold since Dacia launched in the UK six years ago. Louise retains responsibility for the Dacia brand in the UK and Ireland until a successor to her former role is announced in the near future.

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About Groupe Renault

Groupe Renault has been making cars since 1898. Today it is an international multi-brand group, selling close to 3.76 million vehicles in 134 countries in 2017, with 36 manufacturing sites, 12,700 points of sales and employing more than 180,000 people. To meet the major technological challenges of the future and continue its strategy of profitable growth, the group is harnessing its international growth and the complementary fit of its five brands, Renault, Dacia, Renault Samsung Motors, Alpine and Lada, together with electric vehicles and the unique alliance with Nissan and Mitsubishi. With a new team in Formula 1, Renault sees motorsport as a vector of innovation and brand awareness.

In the UK, Groupe Renault UK has nearly 160 dealers selling the range of Renault cars, LCVs and Dacia. Groupe Renault UK sales totalled 113,988 vehicles in 2017.

For further information please visit www.press.renault.co.uk or @RenaultUKPR or contact:#

Matthew Bendall
Head of Press & Public Relations
Matthew.bendall@renault.co.uk – 01923 697653 – 07814 990247

Alistair Sommerville
Press Relations Manager
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James Bolton
Product & Corporate Communications Manager – Renault
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Callum Chamberlain
Product & Corporate Communications Manager – Dacia
Callum.chamberlain@renault.co.uk – 01923 697512 – 07989 434003

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