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European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (abbreviated ACEA in French) is an industry group representing all the biggest automakers in Europe, representing their common interests on the world stage. And as such it needs a leader, figurehead and mouthpiece to serve as its president, and for the second time the association's board of directors has chosen
Carlos Ghosn.
Now if you're recognizing Ghosn as the CEO of
Nissan and wondering what that has to do with European cars, it's not because Nissan manufactures much in Europe. In fact, it only operates has a handful of locations in Europe: one in the UK, one in Barcelona and one in St Petersburg. But you'd be wise to recall that Ghosn also serves as CEO of
Renault, one of the biggest players in European automobile manufacturing. He also sits on the boards at Russian automaker
AvtoVAZ (of which Renault owns 25 percent) and of his native Brazil's Banco Itaú, not to mention the advisory councils of a handful of universities - two of them from his ancestral hometown of Beirut. He previously served as president of ACEA in 2009, and was re-elected to replace outgoing PSA chairman
Philippe Varin.
Alongside Renault, ACEA membership includes
BMW,
Daimler,
Fiat,
Jaguar Land Rover, PSA
Peugeot Citroën,
Volkswagen and
Volvo, along with the European divisions of
Ford,
General Motors,
Hyundai and
Toyota, as well as a handful of truck manufacturers.
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