Renault Middle East appoints Marwan Haidamous as new MD

Marwan Haidamous

Renault has appointed Marwan Haidamous to the role of MD, Renault Middle East, which became effective from Aug. 1.
Haidamous succeeds Hakim Boutehra who held the MD position for over three years. Boutehra is promoted CEO of Renault Commercial Romania.
As the MD at Renault Middle East, Haidamous will manage the Renault activities across the region. The territory spans over GCC countries, Levant, Egypt and Iraq.
Thirty six-year-old Haidamous started his career within the Renault group 10 years ago. A French-Lebanese, he graduated from the Sciences Po Paris and has a master’s in finance.
Over the past few years, he has had the opportunity to work with more than 30 countries and has spent most of his time traveling in the framework of his functions.
In 2006, he started his career as financial controller at the division of international operations for the North Africa region.
In 2008, at age 27 he was appointed Renault Algeria CFO, taking charge of a key market within the Renault group. Algeria is in the top 10 of Renault Global performance ranking.
In 2011, three years later, he took up the position of Renault Nissan CFO for the Adriatic Region which includes Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, and also Greece.
In 2015, as MD he joined the Africa region, which includes more than 35 countries with key Renault markets such as South Africa, Tunisia, Ivory Coast and Nigeria.
In August 2016, Haidamous took up the position of Renault Middle East MD.
Haidamous is fond of automotive sports but also team sports, and practiced intensively basketball and water polo.
Passionate about culture and languages, he is multilingual and speaks fluently Arabic, English and French, and has some knowledge of Spanish and Finnish.