Alexandre Malval has been appointed Design Vice President of the Renault brand. He will take up his position on January 2 and will report to Laurens van den Acker, Design Officer and member of the Renault Group Leadership Team. He will also join the Renault brand management committee. “We are very pleased to welcome Alexandre Malval to our design team,” said Van den Acker. “His experience with major automotive groups, his international vision, and his ability to create strong design-led brands will be essential assets in taking Renault to the next level.”
Malval, 55, graduated from the Royal College of Art in London. He began his career at Renault in 1994 in the Advanced Design department, exploring new concepts as an exterior designer before joining the Volkswagen Group’s Design Center Europe in Barcelona in 1996. There, he worked on numerous projects for the Audi and Volkswagen brands. In 2001, he joined the Citroën Creation Center in Paris, then moved to Peugeot, before becoming head of design at Citroën in 2012.
Since 2018, Alexandre Malval has been CEO and Design Director of the Mercedes-Benz International Design Center Europe in Sophia Antipolis. This satellite studio is dedicated to advanced design and the development of production vehicles for Mercedes-Benz, Maybach, Smart, and AMG.
