Dipl.-Ing. Bastien is Vice President for Automotive Prospective at RENAULT GROUPE, reporting to the EVP engineering. Remi joined RENAULT in 1982, where his areas of responsibilities developed to include powertrain engineering on environment, performances and electronics until 2002. As Vice President from 2002-07, he was in charge of EMS development and calibration for power-train, later becoming Deputy to the SVP for powertrain engineering until 2008. He was Chairman of Electronic and Automatism of the RENAULT network from 2006-2009 (cross functional) He then became Vice President for Research and Innovation for RENAULT Group between 2009-15, before becoming Global Director for Autonomous Driving at the Renault/Nissan Alliance between 2015-16. He is Chairman of VEDECOM (French cooperative research institute, a Member of the Automotive Research Council of the French Automotive Platform and also a Member of the EUCAR council (former chairman in 2012).

Groupe Renault has been making cars since 1898. Today it is an international multi-brand group, selling close to 3.76 million vehicles in 127 countries in 2017, with 36 manufacturing sites, 12,700 points of sales and employing more than 120,000 people. To meet the major technological challenges of the future and continue its strategy of profitable growth, the Group is harnessing its international growth and the complementary fit of its five brands, Renault, Dacia and Renault Samsung Motors, Alpine and LADA, together with electric vehicles and the unique Alliance with Nissan and Mitsubishi. With a new team in Formula 1 and a strong commitment to Formula E, Renault sees motorsport as a vector of innovation and brand awareness.