Gilles Le Borgne

“Car Guy” Board member of VALEO & Senior advisor of SERMA, CARESOFT and SEGULA groups. Membre de l’academie française des technologies

France

About

I have extensive experience in the automotive sector and the technologies of the car of the future. After more than thirty-seven years with PSA and Renault groups, i was recognized as one of the greatest French experts in vehicle engineering and design. After eight years of research and development on materials and technologies at PSA group, I became the Chief Engineer of the Citroën C3 phase I platform. I then took responsibility for advanced vehicle concepts for seven years. In 2010, I was appointed head of the Pre-Projects Department, before becoming Director of Research and Development in March 2013, then Director of Quality and Engineering at PSA group from September 2016 to May 2019. In January 2020, I joined Renault group as Director of Engineering and member of the group Executive Committee, before serving as Director of Technology until November 2024, and then as Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer until the end of 2025. During more than one décade, I was President or vice Président of the Automotive Technical Committee (CTA) within the PFA (Automotive Industry Platform). I received two “Eurostar” awards in 2018 and 2021 from Automotive News Europe in the “Product Development Executive” category and was named Automotive Man of the Year 2019 by the Journal de l’automobile.I am also five -time Car of the Year Award Winner. Since March 2025, I have been a member of the French Academy of Technologies.

Experience

  • VALEO board member at Valeo
    Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

  • Senior advisor & PORS-STAGA SARL CEO at SARL pors staga
    Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

  • Chief Technical Officer. Member of Renault Group Leadership Team at Renault Group
    Nov 2023 - Sep 2024 · 11 mos

  • Renault EVP Engineering. Member of executive committee at Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi
    Jan 2020 - Nov 2023 · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • Groupe PSA (7 yrs)
    • EVP for Quality and Engineering. Member of executive commitee
      Apr 2013 - May 2019 · 6 yrs 2 mos

      En charge de la direction qualité et ingénierie de PSA avec un budget annuel de 5md€ et une responsabilité hiérarchique d'environ 12000 collaborateurs.

    • Senior Vice President , Head of advanced projects and vehicle platforms division
      Jun 2012 - Apr 2013 · 11 mos

      Responsable des avant-projets jusqu’au jalon d’engagement sur l’ensemble du périmètre hors organes (moteurs, boîte de vitesse). Responsable des discussions techniques véhicules et plateformes dans le cadre de l’alliance PSA/GM. Budget annuel d’environ 20M€.