Executive Team

Xavier Chéreau is Chief Human Resources, ESG, ICT & Heritage Officer and serves as a member of the Interim Executive Committee, which is responsible for the direction and oversight of Stellantis.

He has mainly built his career within the field of HR and has alternated between the head office and operations activities within different sites and divisions. These have included R&D, manufacturing and support functions, as well as running the prototype activity for three years.

He joined Groupe PSA in 1994 and subsequently held the position of Employment & Mobility Manager for Europe. He went on to become Social Relations Manager at the Poissy plant in France and then Head of Social Innovation and Management Institute within the Group.

In 2006, he was appointed Vice President, Director of Human Resources and Social Relations for the Trémery and powertrain plants. In 2009, he was appointed Senior Vice President, Industrial and R&D Division Human Resources. In 2010, he also took operational responsibility for the Engineering testing resources of the R&D department. From 2014 to 2015, he held the position of Director of Human Resources Development, Talents and Top Management.

In 2015, he was appointed Executive Vice President of Human Resources of the Group and member of the Global Executive Committee. In 2018, he was appointed Director of Human Resources and Transformation, a division that includes the Digital, IT and Real Estate departments, and as of 2020, Compliance and Audit.

After a Bachelor’s degree in Economic Management, Xavier completed his Master’s degree in Human Resources (Employment Management & Corporate Social Development) at the ‘Institut Sciences Politiques de Paris’, France.

(Updated February 2025)

Ned Curic is Chief Engineering and Technology Officer with responsibility for Product Development and Technology. He also serves on the Interim Executive Committee, which is responsible for the direction and oversight of Stellantis.  

From June 2017, he was Vice President, Alexa Automotive at Amazon spearheading Amazon’s efforts in the Automotive industry.

Curic started his career in 1996 in the field of Engineering Systems at Northrop Grumman, an American multinational aerospace and defense technology company.

After a short stint in the financial industry, in 2000 he joined Microsoft where he held various roles in Consulting, Product, Security and Advisory.

He entered the automotive sector in 2013, as Group Vice President & Chief Technology Officer at Toyota Motor North America and, in 2015, became Co-founder and Executive Vice-President, Technical Director and Board Member at Toyota Connected.

Curic studied Informatics and Computer Science, and received a Master’s in Business Administration from Pepperdine University’s George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management in 2012.

(Updated February 2025)

Arnaud Deboeuf is Chief Manufacturing and Supply Chain Officer and a member of the Interim Executive Committee, which is responsible for the direction and oversight of Stellantis.

He has a background in upstream development activities: process engineering, manufacturing, program development and purchasing.

Deboeuf started his career at Renault in 1993 as powertrain process engineer followed by a manufacturing experience. In 2002, he joined purchasing to take responsibility at Renault Samsung Motors (South Korea). He returned to France to develop Dacia Duster then the whole Global Access range as program director for seven years. In 2015, he was appointed Senior Vice President of Renault-Nissan Alliance CEO office.

He joined Groupe PSA in 2019 as Senior Vice President for Industrial Strategy.

In 2020, he was appointed Executive Vice President of Manufacturing and Supply Chain for Groupe PSA. In addition, he held global responsibility for the light commercial vehicles business unit.

Deboeuf is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique (Paris) and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (Paris).

(Updated February 2025)

Philippe de Rovira is Chief Affiliates Officer and CEO of Free2move. He is also a member of the Interim Executive Committee, which is responsible for the direction and oversight of Stellantis.

He joined Groupe PSA in 1998 where he held various positions in corporate and manufacturing finance before acting as financial controller in the Madrid and Poissy plants.

In 2009, he became the Chief Financial Officer for Latin America and in 2012 Controller of the PSA Sales Division.

In 2013, de Rovira was appointed Senior Vice President and took responsibility for various functions of PSA sales division, including B2B & used cars sales, network development & quality of service, CRM & digital, outbound logistics and the management of car flow (sales & operations planning).

In 2015, he was appointed Group Controller.

In 2017, after the acquisition by Groupe PSA, he joined Opel Vauxhall as Chief Financial Officer and member of the Opel Vauxhall Managing Board.

In 2018, he was appointed to the position of Group Chief Financial Officer as an Executive Vice President within the Group and a member of the Global Executive Committee. From 2018, he was also in charge of the Used Cars Business Unit.

De Rovira is a graduate of the ESSEC Business School based in Paris.

(Updated February 2025)

Antonio Filosa is Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the Americas. He is also a member of the Interim Executive Committee, which is responsible for the direction and oversight of Stellantis. He has previously served as Chief Quality Officer, CEO of the Jeep_® brand, as well as COO for South America.

Filosa has extensive experience in purchasing and manufacturing operations, as well as overall business management and strategy.

He joined the Fiat Group in 1999 where he assumed roles of increasing responsibility, including plant manager of the Betim facility (Brazil) and Head of Purchasing for the Latin America region.

Filosa also served as the Head of Argentina as well as the Head of Alfa Romeo and Maserati brands for the Latin America region, positions he held from 2016 and 2018, respectively.

He served as COO for FCA’s Latin America region and was a member of the FCA Group Executive Council from March 2018.

Filosa holds a master’s degree in engineering from Politecnico di Milano (Italy).

(Updated June 2025)

Béatrice Foucher is Chief Planning Officer and a member of the Interim Executive Committee, which is responsible for the direction and oversight of Stellantis.

Previously, she was Brand CEO for DS Automobiles, a position she held from January 2020.

She has built a strong and extensive expertise in the automotive industry with 30 years of experience in two major groups, within the departments of Quality, Product Planning, HR Talent Management and General Brand Development.

She joined the Renault Group in 1990 as Audit Quality Manager doing audits in plants before turning to the Client Surveys department.

This was followed by a move to the Product Planning department, where she successively held the positions of Chief of Product, Director of the Upper Range and ultimately Director of Product Planning between 2007 and 2012, where she managed the development of 5 brands. During those 5 years, Béatrice Foucher led the internationalization of the Group’s product range.

In 2012, she became VP of the Electric Vehicles Program, piloting development of 4 products, making technology choices, and leading planning and profitability.

Between 2015 and 2019, she served as VP of Talent Management for the Renault Nissan Alliance.

In 2019, she joined Groupe PSA as SVP of Talent Management before quickly being appointed CEO of DS Automobiles in 2020 and a member of Groupe PSA’s Global Executive Committee.

After a Master’s Degree in engineering in Agronomics Science at AgroParisTech, Béatrice Foucher completed a Master of Science in Quality and Audit at ESCP Business School & Centrale Supelec in France.

(Updated February 2025)

Jean-Philippe Imparato is Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Enlarged Europe and a member of the Interim Executive Committee, which is responsible for the direction and oversight of Stellantis. Previously, he served as CEO of Stellantis Pro One and the Alfa Romeo brand.

He built a 30-year career path at Groupe PSA, mainly focused on sales, quality and retail activities. Having pursued a literary education followed by business school training (GEM 1988), he spent a first decade working, alternately for Peugeot and Citroën, in Field Sales Management activities on French battlegrounds.

In early 1998, Imparato was in charge of Mercosur for Citroën, before joining the central corporate team in charge of International Organisation and Audit missions for Groupe PSA in 2000.

He was subsequently appointed Vice President in charge of Quality in the PSA-DFM joint venture with DPCA in Wuhan, China in 2003. In 2006, he was named Director of Supplier Quality in the Global Purchasing Department of Groupe PSA.

He was appointed Senior Vice President in 2007, in charge of the Citroën Italy National Sales Company. At the beginning of 2010, he was named Director of Peugeot International Operations, then Director of European Sales and Marketing activities in 2012, before becoming Director of the PSA Retail Owned Network business in September 2013.

In September 2016, Imparato was appointed Executive Vice President and Brand CEO for Peugeot.

(Updated February 2025)

Doug Ostermann is Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Interim Executive Committee, which is responsible for the direction and oversight of Stellantis.

Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Strategy for China until his appointment as Chief Operating Officer for Stellantis China in November 2023.

Doug joined Fiat Chrysler Automobiles as Group Treasurer in 2016 and later headed Global Business Development before holding his current position. Before joining FCA, Doug held numerous roles at Archer Daniels Midland Company, including as Group Treasurer and Corporate Officer, from 2004 until 2016.

Doug began his career at General Motors in the product planning staff and went on to hold various positions in marketing, advertising, brand management and field sales in the US and later at Opel in Germany.  After returning to the United States, he held various positions at the New York Treasurer’s Office at General Motors through early 2004.

Doug holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.

(Updated February 2025)

Maxime Picat is Chief Purchasing and Supplier Quality Officer, as well as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa. He is also a member of the Interim Executive Committee, which is responsible for the direction and oversight of Stellantis.

Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer for Enlarged Europe, a position he held since the creation of Stellantis in January 2021.

Picat joined Groupe PSA in 1998 and has a broad industrial experience. After various jobs in manufacturing in Mulhouse, he became manufacturing manager at the Group’s Sochaux plant before being appointed as managing Director for the manufacturing facility of Wuhan, China, in 2007.

In 2011, he was appointed Managing Director of DongFeng Peugeot Citroën Automobiles (DPCA) in China, having previously held the role of Deputy Managing Director between 2008 and January 2011.

In 2012, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer for the Peugeot Brand.

From 2016 to January 2021, he was Executive Vice President for Europe and a member of Groupe PSA’s Managing Board.

Picat is a civil engineering graduate from the Ecole des Mines Paris.

(Updated February 2025)