Jean-Marc Gales will become Citroen’s new global managing director in March.

Gales is currently global sales director for Mercedes-Benz and will be taking over the top Citroen role from Gilles Michel who is leaving to become head of France's state financing department Societe de Financement de l'Economie Francaise, or SFEF.

Gales will also be nominated as a member of the PSA Peugeot Citroen board of directors during the meeting of the board of trustees on April 21.

Gales has spent almost his entire career in the car industry, working withVolkswagen, General Motors and BMW.