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Feb 20

Gorden Wagener to head Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design North America

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2005
Nov 08

Donato Coco announced as new Ferrari Design Chief

Aug 08

Luc Donckerwolke appointed as SEAT Design Director

Jun 01

Marek Reichman appointed as Aston Martin Design Director

May 04

Ford names Freeman Thomas as Strategic Design Director

Feb 22

Frank Stephenson to move to Fiat

Feb 07

Steve Mattin appointed Design Director at Volvo Cars

Jan 25

Henrik Fisker launches new luxury sports car company


2004
   
Dec 18

Ford Motor Company design chief J Mays to be based in London

Dec 17

Stephane Schwarz appointed Design Director at Nissan Design Europe

Nov 29

Ford of Europe reshapes their design department

Jun 10

Verena Kloos Named President of DesignworksUSA

May 10

Michael Mauer appointed head of design at Porsche

Apr 29

Gerry McGovern to head Land Rover Advanced Design

Feb 26

Martin Smith joins Ford Europe design team

Feb 12

Ken Okuyama appointed Creative Director at Pininfarina

Feb 09

Changes at BMW Group Design


2003
   
Oct 07

Satoru Tai named Vice-President of Nissan Design Europe

Sep 26

Ed Welburn to become General Motors Design Chief

Jul 25

Michael Simcoe to head GM Asia Pacific Design

 Jul 22

J Mays promoted to Group Vice President of Design for Ford Motor Company

 Jul 05

Change at the top of Toyota Design

 May 30

Michael Mauer to head GM Europe Advanced Design


2002
   
Sep 21

Tom Matano appointed as Director of Industrial Design, Academy of Art College

May 30

Peter Horbury appointed as Premier Automotive Group Director of Design

May 15
Martin Smith appointed Director of Design at Opel
Apr 03

Andreas Zapatinas has been appointed head of Subaru Advanced Design

Mar 08

Freeman Thomas to head Chrysler Group's Pacifica Advanced Design Center

Mar 07

Bryon Fitzpatrick named chairman of CCS Industrial Design department

Jan 28

Walter Maria de Silva to lead Design within the Audi brand group

Jan 20
 

Peter Fassbender to lead new Fiat Auto Design Centre in Brazil

 


2001

 

 

 
Dec 18

Ken Okuyama, Art Center Transportation chair, teams up with DCI

Sep 26

Adrian van Hooydonk named President of Designworks/USA

Sep 07

Moray Callum appointed as Mazda Design Director

Aug 21

Henrik Fisker to head Ford’s London Design Studio and Aston Martin Design

May 02

Noriyoshi Kurihara resigning as Design Director of Design Club International

Apr 25

Olivier Boulay appointed as head of Mitsubishi Design

Apr 24

Bryan Nesbitt joins General Motors Design

Apr 17

Gert Hildebrand to head new MINI design studio in Munich

Mar 23

Filippo Sapino, head of Ghia to retire April 1


2000

 

Oct 04

Tom Semple appointed head of Nissan Design International

Oct 01

Tom Gale, DaimlerChrysler Director of Product Development and Design to retire

Aug 31

Ken Okuyama appointed to lead Art Center College Transportation Design

Aug 01

Laurent Boulay appointed head of Advanced Design at Citroen

Jul 27

Chris Milburn appointed head of Daewoo Design Center in Worthing, UK

Jul 06
Peter Stevens appointed as Product Design Director for Rover Group
Jun 30
Jerry Hirshberg retiring from Nissan Design International
Jun 29
Ginger Ostle to join Frankfurt-based design.net
Jun 23
Trevor Creed appointed head of Chrysler Design
Jun 08
Patrick Murray appointed as VP-Industrial Design & Product Analysis for Lear
May 15
Hartmut Sinkwitz to be new head of Smart Design
May 08
Anne Asensio has been hired by GM to direct brand studios designers
Mar 21
Michael Mauer appointed Saab Design Chief
Jan 18
Julian Thomson appointed Jaguar Chief Designer - Advanced Studio
Jan 10
Frank Saucedo to manage new GM advanced studio

1999
 
Dec 13
Jean-Pierre Ploué to be future head of Citroën's Creative Styling Centre
Aug 24
Gerry McGovern appointed director of Lincoln Design
Aug 06
Ian Callum appointed Jaguar Director of Styling
Jul 09
Peter Davis joins General Motors Design Center
Jun 25
Geoff Lawson Director Styling, Jaguar Cars
Jun 01
Larry Erickson joins Ford's Small and Medium Car Vehicle Center
May 01
Michael Mauer becomes new Head of Smart Design
   
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