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Renault Group has announced the appointment of Céleste Thomasson as Renault Group Chief Audit & Risk Officer, effective 9 January 2023. She will report to Luca de Meo, CEO Renault Group.
With her international experience, Céleste Thomasson will be responsible for supporting the Group’s transformation in line with the Renaulution strategic plan and for identifying areas for improvement in the central functions and subsidiaries, both in France and in the countries where the Group operates. She will also be responsible for the export compliance.
This arrival is part of a change in the Audit, Risk, Ethics and Compliance department with the creation of two separate divisions, Audit & Risk and Ethics & Compliance, which aims to accelerate the implementation of decisions taken in these areas.
Didier Wisselmann, currently SVP Audit, Risk, Ethics and Compliance, will now be responsible for the Group’s Ethics & Compliance activities, and will continue to report to François Roger, EVP People, Workplace and Organisation of Renault Group.
Céleste Thomasson began her career in 1992 as an associate at Baker & McKenzie in Los Angeles, before joining Fournier Laboratories in 1999. She joined the Safran group in 2002 as Legal Counsel. She was promoted to Senior VP and General Counsel for Safran USA in July 2008, before being appointed Vice President Legal Affairs.
In January 2014, she joined MorphoTrak (a subsidiary of Safran) as President and CEO, becoming a board member of the Zodiac Aerospace in February 2018. Appointed CEO of Safran Seats UK in January 2019, she filled the roles of Executive Vice President, Corporate Secretary & President of the Ethics Committee for Safran group in 2020. Céleste Thomasson then joined the Geodis group at the beginning of 2022 and became Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Group, supervising legal, insurance, compliance and audit
Céleste Thomasson holds a juris doctor degree from Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles. She has been a member of the California bar since 1993.
Didier Wisselmann holds a Master’s degree in public law from the University of Paris X, is a graduate of the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales de Paris and is a graduate of the Enseignement militaire supérieur scientifique et technique.
An active officer since 1986, he joined the prefectural corps in 2001 and successively held the positions of director of cabinet of the prefect of the Auvergne region, sub-prefect of the Sarlat district and director of cabinet of the prefect of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. In 2005, he was appointed Director General of Services of the General Council of Eure-et-Loir. In 2008, he became Head of the Cabinet of the Secretary of State for Employment, then Deputy Director of the Cabinet of the Minister for Industry, Advisor for Industrial Restructuring to the Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment.
In 2010, he took up the position of Economic Counsellor, Head of the Economic Service of the French Embassy in Israel. In 2013, he was appointed Deputy Director General in charge of the Economy, Innovation and International at the City and Metropolis of Nice Côte d’Azur. In 2015, he heads the cabinet of the President of the Ain Departmental Council. In 2017, Didier Wisselmann took a leave of absence from the civil service and created the firm Euboulia conseil & coaching.
In September 2019, he joined Groupe Renault as Deputy Director of Audit, Risk and Ethics. In April 2020, he was appointed SVP Audit, Risk, Ethics and Compliance, Renault Group. He is a member of Renault Group Corporate Management Committee.
