Patrick Pelata

Once a product planner, former Renault executive Pelata now mines data

April 30, 2013 06:01 CET
Former Renault COO Patrick Pelata had plenty of job possibilities after leaving automaker. He now sells customer-retention software from an office in San Francisco.... Read More »

 

Pelata on Renault's spy scandal: 'I had to leave'

April 30, 2013 06:01 CET
Former Renault COO Patrick Pelata fell on his sword to save his boss and friend Carlos Ghosn -- and maybe his company. Pelata left the automaker after a botched espionage investigation.... Read More »

 

Pelata on Renault's spy scandal: 'I had to leave'

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 29, 2013
Patrick Pelata fell on his sword to save his boss and friend Carlos Ghosn -- and maybe his company. Pelata, often called one of the industry's best product strategists, was part of a small team of executives Ghosn brought to Nissan in 1999 after Renault bought a controlling stake in the Japanese company.... Read More »

 

Once a product planner, Pelata now mines data

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 29, 2013
Former Renault COO Patrick Pelata had plenty of job possibilities after leaving the French automaker last summer. So how did the European product planner who helped revive Nissan end up selling customer-retention software from an office in San Francisco?... Read More »

 

FINAL ASSEMBLY

Scratch former exec Pelata from Opel race

12:01 am U.S. ET | Sept. 17, 2012
Well, we know who's not going to be running Opel: Patrick Pelata, the former Renault-Nissan executive who had been mentioned as a candidate for the GM Europe job Steve Girsky is trying to fill.... Read More »

 

Former Renault COO Pelata joins U.S. software firm

Sept. 11, 2012 06:01 CET
Patrick Pelata, the longtime associate of Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn who stepped down as Renault's COO in 2011 after a botched corporate espionage investigation, has accepted a new job in the United States.... Read More »

 

Former Renault COO Pelata joins software firm in Calif.

3:51 pm U.S. ET | Sept. 10, 2012
Patrick Pelata, the longtime associate of Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn who stepped down as Renault’s COO in 2011 after a botched corporate espionage investigation, has accepted a new job.... Read More »

 

NICK GIBBS

3 candidates who could lead Opel's recovery

12:01 am U.S. ET | July 30, 2012
Who will be the next head of General Motors' Opel/Vauxhall unit? Candidates should include former GM purchasing boss Bo Andersson, former Renault No. 2 Patrick Pelata and former PSA Peugeot Citroen No. 2 Jean-Marc Gales Nick Gibbs is U.K. correspondent for Automotive News Europe.... Read More »

 

NICK GIBBS

Bo Andersson, Patrick Pelata and other Opel CEO possibilities

12:01 am U.S. ET | July 25, 2012
So who's going to be the next head of GM's troubled Opel/Vauxhall? The list of candidates should include ex-GM procurement boss Bo Andersson, former Renault No. 2 Patrick Pelata and Jean-Marc Gales, who was second in command at PSA.... Read More »

 

NICK GIBBS

Bo Andersson, Patrick Pelata and other Opel CEO possibilities

12:01 am U.S. ET | July 25, 2012
So who's going to be the next head of GM's troubled Opel/Vauxhall? The list of candidates should include ex-GM procurement boss Bo Andersson, former Renault No. 2 Patrick Pelata and Jean-Marc Gales, who was second in command at PSA.... Read More »

 

Pelata says he's leaving Renault after 'no job in sight' at automaker

July 20, 2012 14:24 CET
Patrick Pelata, who stepped down from his post as Renault's chief operating officer in 2011 following a botched espionage investigation, says he's leaving the carmaker because he wasn't given enough responsibilities.... Read More »

 

Renault's Pelata quits 15 months after botched espionage probe

July 19, 2012 11:46 CET
Patrick Pelata, who stepped down as Renault's COO more than a year ago after a botched espionage investigation, will leave the company next month. Pelata, 56, is scheduled to depart effective Aug. 16 to pursue opportunities outside the Renault-Nissan alliance.... Read More »

 

Renault mulls upscale brands, further expansion as Europe sales fade

June 19, 2012 06:01 CET
Renault is considering adding two upscale brands and further expanding in emerging markets to decrease the automaker's reliance on Europe's shrinking volume car market, the carmaker's Chief Operating Officer Carlos Tavares said.... Read More »