Renault Names Finance Boss Duncan Minto as Interim CEO as It Cuts Margin Guidance
FRANCE, JUL 14 – Renault cut its 2025 operating margin forecast to 6.5% and plans increased cost reductions after weaker sales and market challenges, with Duncan Minto named interim CEO.
Renault named Duncan Minto interim CEO on Tuesday, replacing Luca de Meo, who resigned to join luxury group Kering.
The company aims for a full-year operating margin of 6.5 percent, a decrease from more than seven percent previously announced.
Renault targets free cash flow of £1-1.5 billion, down from over £2 billion previously.
The search for a permanent CEO is ongoing under the Governance and Remuneration Committee of the Board of Directors.
In 2024, the Renault Group pretended to be the only major European builder who had not launched a profit warning. But it had to do so after making its results known...
In the process of finding a new CEO after the departure of Luca de Meo, the French company has launched a profit warning that has shaken the European automotive sector. The manufacturer reduced its operational margin forecast for 2025, from 7% to 6.5%, and lowered its expectations of free cash flow to a range of between €1,000 million and €1.5 billion. That is to say, it delays its objective of overcoming the barrier of €2 billion. Pending its f…