Contributors

Biography

Born in 1950 in Rouen (France), Odile Desforges graduated from the Paris Ecole Centrale Engineering school in 1973. She began her career as Research Officer at the Transport Research Institute.

She joined the Renault Group in 1981, with the Automobile Division Planning Department before becoming Product Engineer on the R19, then Product Engineer for the C segment (1983-1985). She moved to Purchasing in 1986 as Head of the Exterior Equipment department and was appointed Director, Body Hardware Purchasing, in 1992, for the joint Renault Volvo Purchasing Organization then, in 1994, for Renault only.

In March 1999, she became Executive Vice President of the Renault VI-Mack Group, in charge of 3P (Product Planning, Product Development, Purchasing Project).

In January 2001, she was appointed President of the Volvo Group’s 3P Business Unit. She became Senior Vice President, Renault Purchasing, Chairman and Managing Director of the Renault Nissan Purchasing Organization effective March 1, 2003, at which time she became a member of the Renault Management Committee.

On March 1, 2009, she becomes Executive Vice-President, Engineering and Quality.