Jean-Philippe Salar, former head of exterior design at Dacia, will become head of Mobilize design from 1 January 2023, taking over from Patrick Lecharpy who is retiring after 30 years within the Renault group. As design director, Jean-Philippe Salar will be responsible for continuing to create the style of Mobilize’s products and services.
Jean-Philippe Salar, 49, graduated from the École supérieure de design Strate Collège in Paris in 1996. He started his career within the Renault group the same year as Exterior Designer for the commercial vehicle department. “I would like to extend my sincere thanks to Patrick Lecharpy, who dedicated his career to design in the Renault Group. I pay tribute to his unanimously recognized career. It has been a 30-year journey during which his creative energy, efforts and engagement with his teams played a considerable role in the success of our company and more recently the Mobilize brand. I am very pleased that Jean-Philippe Salar will succeed him”, said Laurens Van Den Acker, EVP Design for Renault Group.
