Mitsubishi hires Volkswagen’s head of the Audi Concept Design Studio as its new executive design director of advanced design.
Alessandro Dambrosio will lead teams at three design studios – Okazaki and Tokyo in Japan, and Frankfurt in Germany – and will report directly to Tsunehiro Kunimoto, corporate vice president-design division.
Dambrosio, from Milan, started his career with Fiat, in Centro Stile Lancia, and spent almost eight years at Alfa Romeo as chief designer. He later headed Maserati Design before joining VW as head of the Audi Concept Design Studio in Munich.
Kunimoto says Dambrosio is an experienced and skilled designer with a long career at leading car companies.
“I look forward to him inspiring our teams to shape the next generation of Mitsubishi Design and contributing to rebuild and enhance the Mitsubishi Motors brand as we aim for global growth,” Kunimoto says in a statement.
“Alessandro is joining at an exciting time when we are working on concepts for the future of Mitsubishi Motors styling. With his passion and well-developed understanding of brand values, he will be an extremely valuable addition to our design team.”
He joins Mitsubishi in October.
