Renault has appointed Béatrice Foucher as vice president of the Electric Vehicle Programme, effective from 1 September 2012. She will report to Philippe Klein, executive committee member and executive vice president, corporate planning, product planning and programs.

She joined Renault in 1989 working in the Quality Department. She moved into the Customer Research Department in 1993 and then in 1996 to the Product Department, where she successively held the positions of deputy product manager for Laguna II, product manager for Espace IV and head of future projects, before being named director of the M2S range in 2005 and Product Director in April 2007.