"Infinity" lost his head "Jeep"

7 May 2019

President of global operations Infiniti took on the position of the head of the Jeep

Gregarious Frenchman with a reputation of truth Christian Meunier, in January was appointed head of global marketing and sales of premium Infiniti brand of Nissan Motor Co., but didn't want to move to the corporate headquarters of Infiniti in Hong Kong. Instead, he stayed in Nashville and flew to Hong Kong several times a month.
Today the CEO of Fiat Chrysler's Mike Manley was appointed President of Infiniti, Christian Meunier, President of the global division of Jeep.
Shortly before this reshuffle Meunier left his post at Infiniti, declaring what makes it "personal reasons".
The former head of Nissan, Mercedes-Benz, Ford and Land Rover in North America and Europe, the 51-year-old Meunier took vacant for the last few months the position of head of one of the fastest growing automotive brands.
  
In his statement, manly said: "I welcome the inclusion of Christian to the team leaders that we create to promote FCA forward. He brings additional strength and experience world-class has already tested the team and I look forward to the continued growth of Jeep brand under his leadership."
In turn, Meunier said: "I am delighted to join the FCA team. This company, which I admired until now, but Jeep is a brand to be a part of which is an honourable mission for any top Manager."

Consequences for Infiniti
Care Christian Meunier from Infiniti creates brand confusion with the successor. Meunier previously was Vice President of Infiniti global marketing and sales. Prior to that, he directed the operations of Nissan in the USA and Canada.
Yet, until the appointment of a replacement, the Infiniti brand will be headed by quality Director at Nissan Motor, Christian Vandenhende. Today Vandenhende already combines a few posts. By the management unit responsible for the quality and customer satisfaction at Nissan, he also directs the management committees in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and the middle East.
Vice-President of the global division of Infiniti, Mike Colleran will remain in his newly created position, responsible for all sales regions and will also perform the duties of the Vice-President is accountable to Vandenhende.

sales
Personnel changes happened when Infiniti was faced with falling sales in the U.S., the largest market for this brand. Global sales of the brand fell last year by 5.2% to 233 445 units In the U.S. sales declined, respectively, by 2.7% to 149 280 cars.
Premium brand Infiniti is also lagging in the race to electrification. So the first electric car from Infiniti is expected only in 2021 and to 2025 for electric cars should account for half its global sales.
His competitors already have a head start. So, BMW expects that by 2025 it will be 25 range of models with electric drive and at least ten of them will be fully electric. Meanwhile, Mercedes-Benz similar plans to electrify its line of models already by 2022.