Cyril Abiteboul said his role as Renault Formula One team principal would remain unchanged despite taking on a new task with the French manufacturer's Alpine.
Loss-making Renault, under new chief executive Luca de Meo, have announced a new organisational structure focused on core brands rather than geographical regions, with Abiteboul overseeing one of the four divisions.
"Right now what I have been asked to do is a mission, with a set of proposals, in order to structure a brand," Abiteboul told reporters in a video conference at the Italian Grand Prix on Friday.
"I've not been asked to run the brand.