PSA Names New Product Planning Chief for Citroen

Xavier Peugeot has been named director of product planning for the Citroen unit of PSA Peugeot Citroen, effective Nov. 3. He succeeds Thomas d'Haussy, who has taken another assignment within the group.

Peugeot, 50, has served as director of product planning for Peugeot for the past two years. He joined PSA in 1994, headed Peugeot Netherlands in 2005-2007 and became director of marketing and communications for the Peugeot brand in 2009-2011.

Peugeot has a master's degree in management from the Sorbonne and a post-graduate diploma from Dauphine University.