Patrick le QUÉMENT

Graduated with a BA in engineering design products from the Birmingham Institute of Art & Design in 1966. He began his career at Simca and then joined Ford for whom he worked in the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, Australia and Japan. In 1985, he founded the VW-Audi Centre for advanced design. He became manager of industrial design at Renault in 1987 and created a concept car department which enabled the emergence of models such as the Twingo, the Scénic and the Mégane II. In 2002, he won the European Car designer of the year for his daring and innovative design.