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We were thinking of creating a flow chart to guide the interim design changes, but it seems that with today, the chaos of recent weeks comes to an end. Renault has announced the release of Patrick Quement him as chief designer of the company, passing the baton to his former counterpart at Mazda, Dutchman Laurens van den Acker.
Laurens Van Den Acker, Chief Designer of the New Renault
Van den Acker, born in 1965, found work as a designer at Audi exterior in 1993. In 1996 he joined Ford as chief designer brand, rising to head of strategic design in 2005 and then a year later, general director of the office style of Mazda in Hiroshima. Following his departure from the Japanese manufacturer, now owned by Ikuo Maeda, will join the May 15th for Renault.
Some of his recent works were the prototypes for Mazda Hakaze and Ryugo, developed together with his compatriot Franz von Holzhausen.
For his part, Patrick le Quement takes no less than 22 years in the home of the diamond, where he held various positions of responsibility, including the group address the overall design of Renault-Nissan alliance. Among his creations include the Twingo, the first two generations of the Megane and Espace II. Less fortunate were the Avantime and Vel Satis. We do not know at this time about his plans after leaving her post at Renault, but his 64 years, a well-deserved respite.
Universe has the worldwide rate of attraction of talents: “Best Companies to Work for 2010″ based on information from nearly 130,000 people in pursuit of a career path with training and business experience or engineering. After the unprecedented global launch in 2009, Google remains at No. 1, but this time facing an increasingly strong competition from the big four audit firms.
In the business category, 2010 was a good year for the audit industry, for the four largest firms in the industry now occupies four of the top five. “We see how the audit firms and manufacturers of consumer goods of high turnover (FMCG) are regaining the talents after a brief romance with the information technology industry,” said Michel Kalinowski, CEO of Universe.
On the less positive side, companies in banking and investment management consulting and the oil and gas face the problem of being perceived as less attractive contracting.
However, in the category of engineering, IT companies continue to lead: the top three (Google, Microsoft and IBM) retain the positions last year. The most notable changes include Sony of Japan in the number 4 and the new positioning of Apple. BMW, German car manufacturer, remains the most powerful brand such as contracting of personnel in the automotive industry. In the first 10, a space dominated by U.S. corporations, we must recognize Siemens have won at No. 8.