Michelin Group announced Maude Portigliatti will succeed Sonia Artinian-Fredou, who is leaving Michelin. Maude Portigliatti to join the Michelin group Executive Committee as Executive Vice President, High Tech. Maude Portigliatti joined the Michelin Group in 2000. After helping to set up a new Materials RD Department in 2007, she was appointed Group Scientific Director in 2013. She became Innovation Deployment Programs Director within the Automotive Original Equipment Business Line in 2017, serving the Group's key customers in North America, Europe and Asia. In 2019, Maude Portigliatti took the helm of Advanced Research for the Group, where she was in charge of developing Michelin innovations for the tire and high-tech materials segments.