Christopher Thompson leads a team that looks at the competitive landscape in the automotive and mobility space through the lens of connected services at Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi.  These insights are utilized to inform the plans for shared products and services across the Alliance between Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi. Before joining Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Christopher held several positions at Nokia and NAVTEQ focusing on connected navigation and automotive cloud services.

Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi is a strategic partnership between Paris-based Renault and Yokohama, Japan-based Nissan, which together sell one in 10 cars worldwide. Renault and Nissan have sold about 300,000 zero-emission vehicles, by far the global leaders for pure electric cars. The Alliance has strategic collaborations with Germany’s Daimler, Japan’s Mitsubishi, China’s Dongfeng, and India’s Ashok Leyland. The Alliance also owns a majority stake in the joint venture which controls Russia’s AVTOVAZ, maker of the Lada brand.