Marie-Françoise Damesin

Ms. Damesin holds a Post-graduate degree (DEA) in Economics from Paris Dauphine University, an MBA from ESSEC Business School and has also graduated with high distinction for the Board Director Diploma at IMD Lausanne.

Her career has been focused on the automotive industry in global roles and responsibilities starting at the Compagnie Des Wagons-Lits & Du Tourisme and subsequently joined Renault in 1984, where she developed her wide experience holding different managerial positions, including Member of the Renault Management Committee for Latin America, the Renault Foundation CSR Board Member and a Board Member for Renault Spain. She has also been Vice President Human Resources and General Affairs for the European Region at Nissan and between 2011 and 2018 she was Executive Vice President for Human Resources and Member of the Executive Committee of Renault. Concurrently she was Member of the Management Board for the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance.

She was elected CHRO of the year in France in 2017 and was President of the Association of CAC 40 Chief Human Resources Officers.

Ms. Damesin is currently an Independent Director on several companies’ boards, including Urbanis and Energie Jeunes, as well as an Advisory Board Member of Adelaide Group and Senior Advisor and Executive Coach at Boston Consulting Group.

She is a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, France’s highest order of merit.

She was appointed as Director of Applus+ on 17 November 2021.