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Dear colleague,

There are several important changes to our press office team that I wanted to update you on. 

Firstly, after more than 19 years in the role, Lisa Haworth-Langford is leaving Groupe Renault UK today to focus on family life. Lisa has looked after the press fleet and launches for all that time, overseeing dozens of new model launches and arranging many thousands of press fleet loans, and always providing an unfailingly-efficient and dedicated service to our media colleagues. I’d like to thank Lisa, on behalf of Groupe Renault UK, and our PR colleagues in Paris, for the extraordinary commitment she has given over the years. We are going to miss Lisa greatly and wish her all the very best for whatever she chooses to do in the future. 

I’m delighted to announce that Charlie Roper, who has been with us as Press Relations Coordinator since April 2017, has taken over all press fleet responsibilities from Lisa in the new role of Press Fleet & VIP Relations Manager. Charlie will already be known to many of you and I am confident will carry on providing an excellent press vehicle experience.

In another important change to the team, after nearly three years with Groupe Renault UK, Chloe Yemm, Product & Corporate Communications Manager, has left to pursue another motoring PR role within a communications agency. Chloe has been an invaluable and enthusiastic team member and will be missed by all of us here and we wish her all the very best for her future career. Chloe’s successor will be announced in due course.

Finally, I’d like to welcome Ciaran Sands to the team as Communications Assistant on a one-year industrial placement from Leeds University. Ciaran will be supporting the department across communications and events. Ciaran replaces Emma Stacey who returns to complete her studies at Bath University after doing an excellent job in the team here for the last year – I’m sure she has a very bright future ahead of her in whatever she chooses to do.

A replacement for my previous Press Relations Manager role will be announced in the coming weeks.

Best regards,

Matt

The revised interim contact details for the department are:

Matthew Bendall
Head of Press & PR
matthew.bendall@renault.co.uk – 01923 697653 – 07814 990247

Oliver Lowe
Product & Corporate Communications Manager – Renault
oliver.lowe@renault.co.uk – 01923 697878 – 07816 397540

Callum Chamberlain
Product & Corporate Communications Manager – Dacia
callum.chamberlain@renault.co.uk – 01923 697512 – 07989 434003

Charlie Roper
Press Fleet & VIP Relations Manager
charlie.roper@renault.co.uk – 01923 697778 – 07816 641843

Ciaran Sands
Communications Assistant
ciaran.sands@renault.co.uk – 01923 697363

ENDS

About Groupe Renault

Groupe Renault has been making cars since 1898. Today it is an international multi-brand group, selling 3.76 million vehicles in 127 countries in 2017, with 36 manufacturing sites, 12,700 points of sales and employing more than 120,000 people. To meet the major technological challenges of the future and continue its strategy of profitable growth, the Group is harnessing its international growth and the complementary fit of its five brands, Renault, Dacia, Renault Samsung Motors, Alpine and LADA, together with electric vehicles and the unique Alliance with Nissan and Mitsubishi. With a new team in Formula 1, Renault sees motorsport as a vector of innovation and brand awareness.

In the UK, Groupe Renault UK has nearly 160 dealers selling the range of Renault cars, LCVs and Dacia. Groupe Renault UK sales totalled 113,988 vehicles in 2017.

For further information, please visit www.press.renault.co.uk or @RenaultUKPR or contact:

Matthew Bendall
Head of Press & Public Relations
matthew.bendall@renault.co.uk – 01923 697653 – 07814 990247

Oliver Lowe
Product & Corporate Communications Manager – Renault
oliver.lowe@renault.co.uk – 01923 697878 – 07816 397540

Callum Chamberlain
Product & Corporate Communications Manager – Dacia
callum.chamberlain@renault.co.uk – 01923 697512 – 07989 434003

Charlie Roper
Press Fleet & VIP Relations Manager
charlie.roper@renault.co.uk – 01923 697778 - 07816 641843

Ciaran Sands
Communications Assistant
ciaran.sands@renault.co.uk– 01923 697363