Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has announced that Jorge Diez has joined MMC Design as the head of Mitsubishi Motors Europe Design (MMED) near Frankfurt, Germany, as well as becoming vice president of Mitsubishi Motor R&D Europe (MRDE).
Jorge Diez graduated from the Royal College of Art in London in the UK. He has 18 years’ experience at Volkswagen Group, where he was the head of exterior design at Seat and head of the automotive department at Audi Konzept Design Munich.
During his career, Diez has been responsible for designing models including the Seat Leon, 20V20, Audi A7 and the Audi TT.
“I am pleased to announce that Jorge Diez is joining our design team and will lead it in Europe. He will bring both strategic thinking and creative leadership. I look forward to him enhancing the creativity and quality of future Mitsubishi design as we expand our European studio,” said Tsunehiro Kunimoto, corporate vice president of MMC’s Design division.