Anne-Catherine Brieux appointed VP Industrial Operations of Ampere

Boulogne-Billancourt, July 26, 2024 – Ampere announced as of August 1st 2024, the appointment of Anne-Catherine Brieux, currently VP Quality Strategy, Suppliers & Development (Renault Group), as VP Industrial Operations. Anne-Catherine Brieux becomes a member of Ampere Leadership Team, reporting to Luca de Meo, CEO of Ampere.

Anne-Catherine Brieux will take over from Luciano Biondo who decided to leave the Group for new endeavors. She will be responsible for the four industrial sites of Ampere: Douai, Maubeuge, Ruitz, which form the ElectriCity hub, and the industrial site of Cléon; as well as the functions of Purchasing, Quality, Production Engineering, Supply Chain and IT of Ampere.

“I would like to thank Luciano for his commitment since he joined the Group in 2020. He has been a tremendous asset in the implementation of our Electricity hub and in enhancing the group’s presence in northern France. The transformation of our four sites towards electric is a key step to support the electric and ‘Made in France’ strategy. I wish him much success in his new projects. I am very pleased to welcome Anne-Catherine in Ampere. Her background in industry, quality, and supplier managementmakes her the right person to carry the industrial excellence of our company.” said Josep-Maria Recasens, COO of Ampere.

Anne-Catherine Brieux joined Renault in 1997 after graduating from INSA Rouen, as a manufacturing engineer at the Cléon plant. Two years later, she joined the engineering teams where she led key product standardization projects within the Renault-Nissan Alliance. In 2006, Anne-Catherine took responsibility for an Engine Design Office at the Mechanical plant, where she led and integrated the first decentralized engine design in the factory for the Duster project. After 12 years in engine design and development, Anne-Catherine joined the Manufacturing family in April 2011, where she initially took responsibility for an Engine Assembly department, then Machining at  Cléon plant. After serving as deputy operations manager, she took over the management of the Renault Motores plant (Valladolid, Spain) in 2017, then the management of the Palencia plant. In 2023, she became Director of Quality Strategy, Suppliers, and Development within Renault Group’s Quality Department.

Luciano Biondo began his career in 1991 at the PSA Peugeot Citroën plant in Sochaux as a production operator, before being promoted to unit manager in 1992. Between June 1993 and 2000, he took part in the launch of the PSA Peugeot Citroën production plant at Sevelnord, and in the launch of the MPV range for the Group’s four brands (Peugeot Citroën, Fiat and Lancia). In 2000, he joined Toyota Motor Manufacturing France’s brand-new site in northern France to start up the paint department. Between 2013 and 2020, he was General Manager of Toyota Motor Manufacturing France in Valenciennes, his home town, which he helped to develop competitively and sustainably, and successfully launched the Yaris and Yaris Cross. In October 2020, Luciano Biondo joins Renault Group to set up the Northern France industrial hub, dedicated to the manufacture of the brand’s all-electric vehicles, bringing together the Douai, Maubeuge and Ruitz plants (5,000 employees). On January 1, 2022, he was appointed General Manager of Renault ElectriCity, Europe’s largest and most efficient production unit for electric vehicles. Since November 2023, Luciano was VP, Industrial Operations of Ampere.