Carlos Tavares is Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Stellantis. Under his leadership, Stellantis is focused on providing clean, safe and affordable mobility while rapidly transforming itself into a mobility tech company through the swift and efficient execution of Dare Forward 2030, the Company’s bold strategic plan that paves the way for Stellantis to be the industry’s first to achieve carbon net zero by 2038.

Prior to leading the creation of Stellantis in January 2021, Carlos was Chairman of the PSA Managing Board from March 2014, having joined the PSA Managing Board in January 2014.

Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer of Renault from 2011 to 2013. He also served as Executive Vice President, Chairman of the Management Committee Americas and President of Nissan North America from 2009, after joining Nissan in 2004. Carlos began his career in 1981 at Renault, where he held various positions.

Carlos currently serves as co-chair of the Freedom of Mobility Forum’s Advisory Board to foster a 360-degree and fact-based approach to preserving freedom of mobility in the context of climate change. Until December 2022, he was a member of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) Board of Directors and served as the Association’s President in 2018 and 2019. He has also served on the boards of directors of Airbus S.E., from 2016 to 2022, and TotalEnergies, from 2017 to 2020.

Carlos is an avid race car driver with more than 500 races to his name.

Born in Portugal, Carlos is a graduate of École Centrale Paris.

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Silvia Vernetti was appointed head of the Global Corporate Office and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

She has experience in strategic planning, business development as well as financial business management.

She held consultant roles at Bain & Company (Italy) and Andersen Consulting prior to joining Fiat S.p.A in 2004 where she was responsible for Business Development and Joint Ventures Coordination for Fidis, the Group’s consumer finance unit.

Vernetti also served as the Head of Business Development for FCA’s EMEA Region from 2009 and Head of FCA Serbia from 2011. During this period, she also led the Fiat Group Auto Alliances Management & Strategic Planning function where she managed alliances with key industrial partners.

She was Global Head of Jeep Finance, a position she was named to in March 2018.

Vernetti holds a master’s degree in engineering from Politecnic University of Catalunya (Barcelona).

Yves Bonnefont was appointed Chief Software Officer and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

He has developed his career in strategic and entrepreneurial roles in the field of automotive and high tech.

Before joining McKinsey, Yves had started a first tenure at PSA in manufacturing and project management. From 2001 to 2011, Yves was a partner at McKinsey. He served automotive as well as global high tech clients with a focus on product development across 3 continents.

He joined Groupe PSA in 2012 as Corporate Strategy Executive Vice-President.
In this position, he contributed to Groupe PSA’s turnaround plan, including brand differentiation strategy, and created the Connected Vehicle Business Unit which he held responsibility for until the creation of the Free2Move brand in 2016.
In 2013, he was in addition appointed Citroën deputy CEO in charge of DS product line.

From 2014 on, he concentrated on the creation of PSA premium brand serving as the first brand CEO for DS Automobiles.
In January 2020, he was appointed Executive Vice President in charge of high-end brands development in the context of the merger preparation.

He graduated from Ecole Centrale Paris.

Philippe de Rovira was appointed Chief Affiliates Officer for Sales Finance, Used Cars, Parts and Service and Retail Network and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

He joined Groupe PSA in 1998 where he held various positions in Corporate & 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, he 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.

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

Mark Stewart was appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) for North America and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

He has extensive experience in global operations management including procurement, manufacturing, business development and engineering.

He spent the first years of his career in manufacturing with TRW Inc., and later Tower Automotive, Inc. where he served as Director of Operations and Executive Vice President. Stewart has been based in the U.S., Belgium, Germany and China with a variety of experiences in production, quality and engineering.

Since 2006, Stewart held positions of increasing responsibility at TRW and from 2015 served as Executive Vice President and COO for ZF TRW Automotive.

Stewart was named Vice President of Operations for Amazon in 2017 where he was the lead executive for customer fulfillment across 200 operations facilities in North America. In this position, he also was responsible for overseeing operations, procurement, construction and engineering with teams dedicated to pursuing automation, artificial intelligence, advanced robotics and conveyance.

He was appointed COO for FCA’s North America region and named a member of the Group Executive Council in December 2018.

Stewart holds a master of business administration from the University of Tennessee (Knoxville, Tennessee) and a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee).

Antonio Filosa was appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) for South America and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in January 2021. 

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

He joined the Fiat Group in 1999 where he was responsible for all Purchasing activities in the Latin America region. Since then, Filosa held a series of positions with increasing responsibility within FCA including serving as plant manager of the Betim facility (Brazil).

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).

Carl Smiley was appointed Chief Operating Officer for India & Asia Pacific and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in January 2021. 

He has significant global experience in production management, purchasing and operations.

Smiley began his career at General Motors and spent time in quality, purchasing, production management and supplier quality within the U.S., China and Mexico.

From 2006, he held a number of advancing roles within Magna Steyr including Executive Director, Purchasing – Magna Powertrain/Magna International (Asia Pacific); Vice President, Operations and Purchasing – Magna Powertrain (Asia) and President and Board Member – Magna Steyr (Asia).

Smiley was Senior Vice President and General Manager for TE Connectivity for the Asia Pacific Region since 2012.

In January 2019, Smiley was appointed Chief Purchasing & Supply Chain Officer for FCA and named a member of the FCA Group Executive Council.

He holds a bachelor of arts from Alma College (Alma, Michigan) and a master of management with a focus on international business and finance from Regent University (Virginia Beach, Virginia).

Uwe Hochgeschurtz was appointed Chief Operating Officer for Enlarged Europe in June 2022 and has served as a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team since September 2021.

Previously, he was Brand Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Opel and Vauxhall, a position he held since joining Stellantis in September 2021.

Hochgeschurtz has more than 30 years of experience in the automotive industry. He started his career at Ford in 1990, where he held various management roles. For example, he was Sales Director for Ford Switzerland and Product Manager and Head of LCV Marketing in Germany. In 2001, he moved to VW as Head of Worldwide Marketing LCV. Three years later, he moved to Renault, where he worked in sales, marketing and product planning before being appointed CEO of Renault Germany, Austria and Switzerland in June 2016.

Hochgeschurtz studied in Germany (Wuppertal & Cologne), Great Britain (Birmingham) and France (Paris Dauphine) and has a master's degree in business administration and management.

Samir Cherfan was appointed Chief Operating Officer for Middle East & Africa and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

He has a broad experience across the automotive value chain including R&D, manufacturing, product & program management, and sales and marketing for various automotive groups.

He started his career with Renault Group in 1992. During the first 11 years, he held various management positions in research, engineering and modules development and production.

Then he joined the program management department for 7 years and became program director of mid-range models designed for international markets. In 2010, he moved to the front line as Managing Director of Eastern Paris retail network at Renault Retail Group.

In 2012, he joined Nissan Group in the Middle East, as Sales and Marketing Director before being appointed Managing Director one year later.

He joined Groupe PSA in 2017 as Sales and Marketing Senior Vice President for Middle East and Africa region (MEA). In 2019, he was nominated Director of MEA Region and Executive Vice President. Samir Cherfan was also head of the industrial and commercial diversity reduction cross functional team.

Samir Cherfan graduated in engineering from Polytech Sorbonne, Paris, France.

Grégoire Olivier was appointed Chief Operating Officer for China (in charge of DPCA) and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

He has held a variety of operational responsibilities in the industrial sector for twenty years before joining PSA in 2006.

He started as a civil servant in the French Ministry of Industry in 1984, and was appointed advisor to the Prime Minister for Industry and Environment in 1990.

From 1992 to 1998, he worked for Pechiney, first as General Manager of Aluminium of Greece, then from 1995 as Chicago plant manager and subsequently Vice President of American National Can.

From 1998 to 2000, he was head of the Electronics Division then General Manager of the Battery manufacturer SAFT.

He was appointed CEO of the electronics company SAGEM in 2001, becoming SAFRAN in 2006.

Grégoire Olivier entered PSA in 2006, as CEO of Faurecia. He joined the PSA Executive Committee as SVP Programs and Strategy in 2007 and moved to China in 2010 as SVP China and South East Asia. In 2016, he was named SVP Mobility Services, and became General Secretary for Groupe PSA in 2018, in addition to supervising Chinese activities from April 2020 onwards.

Grégoire Olivier, a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique (France), holds an engineering degree from Ecole des Mines de Paris and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Christian Meunier is Brand Chief Executive Officer of Jeep and was appointed to the Top Executive Team of Stellantis in January 2021.

He has an extensive background in automotive sales, marketing and business operations.

He began his career at Ford Motor Co. in France where he held key sales and marketing positions at Ford, Land Rover and later Mercedes-Benz in Europe and in the U.S.

Meunier worked at Nissan since 2002 where he held a series of positions with increasing responsibility including Division Vice President of Infiniti Global Sales, Marketing and Operations; Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Operations for Nissan North America; Chairman Nissan Canada and President of Canada and Brazil.

He served as Chairman and Global President for Infiniti Motor Co. Ltd., the luxury vehicle division of Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.

Meunier was named Global President of Jeep Brand and appointed to the FCA Group Executive Council in May 2019. In this role, Meunier was responsible for developing and expanding the Jeep brand across global markets.

He holds a master’s degree from Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord (EDHEC) Business School (Lille, France).

Christine Feuell was appointed Brand Chief Executive Officer for Chrysler and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in September 2021.

Prior to joining Stellantis, she was Chief Commercial Officer at Honeywell Safety and Productivity Solutions.

Christine is a well-recognized senior marketing executive with extensive experience in automotive, omni-channel supply chain automation systems and smart building technologies industries.

During her career, she has achieved progressive responsibilities in Sales, Marketing, Product Management and P&L Leadership at Ford Motor Company, Johnson Controls and Honeywell, with a strong track record of delivering profitable growth through integrated products, software and services. 

Christine has a degree in Marketing and Economics from Michigan State University.

Timothy Kuniskis was appointed Brand Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dodge and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

He has broad experience in sales, marketing, brand management and business operations.

Kuniskis joined the former Chrysler Corporation in 1992 and held a series of positions of increasing responsibility in the Company’s business center operations and marketing organization.

He became a member of FCA’s Group Executive Council (GEC) in October 2015. In addition, Kuniskis represented the Chrysler and Dodge brands on the GEC.

Kuniskis served as President and CEO, Dodge and SRT brands, FCA North America; and held the roles of Head of Fiat brand for North America; Head of Jeep Brand, North America and Head of Maserati.

He was named Global Head of Alfa Romeo in February 2018 and Head of Passenger Cars, North America in June 2019.

Kuniskis holds a bachelor of business administration from State University of New York (Brockport, New York).

Mike Koval Jr., is Brand Chief Executive Officer of Ram and was appointed to the Top Executive Team of Stellantis in January 2021.

He has experience in sales, supply chain, marketing and business operations.

Koval joined the company in 2002 and has held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility in sales, brand and purchasing which included being named Head of Ram Brand Operations in 2016, where he handled vehicle and media mix optimization and pricing strategies.

He was named Head of Ram Brand, FCA - North America in June 2020. In this position, he had responsibility for sales and marketing operations for the Ram brand in the United States, Canada and Mexico. He also held responsibility for Ram's international sales and marketing operations.

Koval holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, Michigan).

Thierry Koskas was appointed Chief Sales & Marketing Officer for Stellantis and a member of the Top Executive Team in January 2021, in addition to being named Citroën brand CEO with effect from March 1, 2023.

He started his career in 1990 as a Civil Servant, in the North Region Government office in charge of Nuclear safety, then in the Ministry of Industry, as Industry General Director Chief of Staff. In 1995, he joined the Ministry of Agriculture as Advisor to the Minister.

In 1997, Thierry Koskas joined Renault Group where he went through various positions, mainly in the Sales and Marketing Area. He started as “New Distribution” project manager, before moving to London as General Manager of Renault London City Branch. He then moved in 2000 to Hungary as Managing Director of Renault NSC in Hungary.

In 2002, he returned to Renault Group HQ as VP, Sales Forecasting and Programming. In 2006, he was appointed as VP, Sales and Marketing for Asia & Africa Region.

In 2009, he left the Sales and Marketing Area and was appointed as Programme Director for Electric Vehicles where he led the development of Renault Group Electric Vehicles. He moved in 2013 to Argentina as Managing Director of Renault Argentina.

In 2016, Thierry Koskas returned to Renault Group HQ as EVP, Sales and Marketing, and a member of the Executive Committee.

In 2019, Thierry Koskas joined Groupe PSA as SVP, Sales and Marketing.

Thierry Koskas graduated in Engineering from Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole des Mines de Paris.

Olivier François is Brand Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Fiat and Abarth, Global Chief Marketing Officer and was appointed to the Top Executive Team of Stellantis in January 2021.

He has extensive work experience in business operations, sales and marketing including brand development and strategy.

Before joining Fiat in 2005, François worked in positions of increasing responsibility at Citroën.

He was the lead executive for the Lancia brand, a position he was named to in September 2005.

To enhance FCA brand effectiveness and further strengthen synergies within the company, from January 2009 to March 2013, François was the head of Brand Marketing Communication with responsibility for coordinating communication activities for all brands.

In October 2009, François was appointed President and CEO for the Chrysler brand, Chrysler Group LLC. He joined the company from Fiat Group Automobiles, where he was President and CEO for the Lancia brand. He was also the lead marketing executive at Chrysler Group with responsibility for marketing strategies, brand development and advertising for the Chrysler Group and Fiat Group Automobiles brands.

He was appointed Head of Fiat brand and Chief Marketing Officer and named a member of the FCA Group Executive Council in September 2011.

François holds a degree in economy, finance and marketing from Dauphine University (Paris) and a diploma from the IEP (Institute des Sciences Politiques) (Paris).

Florian Huettl was appointed Brand Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Opel and Vauxhall and a member of the Stellantis Top Executive Team in June 2022. In this position, he leads the commercial development of the only German brand and the only British brand in Stellantis’ portfolio and their transition into the electric era.

Previously, he was Head of Sales and Marketing for Opel and Vauxhall, as well as holding this responsibility for Enlarged Europe.

Huettl joined Stellantis in March 2021, after having successfully occupied various senior management positions in the automotive industry in different countries including the UK, Germany and Russia.

Huettl is an International Business Management graduate from the University of Applied Sciences in Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany.

Linda Jackson was appointed Brand Chief Executive Officer of Peugeot and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

From the United Kingdom to France, Linda Jackson has built her wide experience across the industry, notably with Finance and Commercial roles at Jaguar, Land Rover and Rover Group in which she went from Regional Financial Manager for Rover Europe in the late 90s to European Sales Finance Director for the MG Rover Group until the end of the year 2004, before joining Groupe PSA in 2005.

Linda’s first role within Groupe PSA was as Finance Director of Citroën UK, and then of Citroën France, from 2009 to 2010. She became CEO of Citroën UK and Ireland in July 2010.

In 2014, Linda was appointed as the Global CEO of the Citroën brand and member of the PSA Global Executive Committee.

In her 6 years as Global CEO of Citroën, from 2014, Linda succeeded in repositioning the brand, increasing sales and transforming Citroën into one of the most respected brands.

In January 2020, Linda was appointed to head up Mainstream Brand Portfolio Development at Groupe PSA, to clarify and ensure the differentiation of brands within the mainstream product portfolio.

Linda Jackson graduated with an MBA from the University of Warwick and spent her entire career in the automotive industry.

Jean-Philippe Imparato was appointed Brand Chief Executive Officer of Alfa Romeo and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in January 2021. 

He has built a 30-year career path at Groupe PSA, mainly focused on sales, quality and retail activities. Having pursued a literary education followed by a 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, Jean-Philippe 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 DPCA new PSA-DFM joint venture in Wuhan, China in 2003. The year 2006 saw him named as 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, Jean-Philippe 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, Jean-Philippe Imparato was appointed Executive Vice President, Peugeot Brand CEO.

Béatrice Foucher is Brand Chief Executive Officer of DS Automobiles and was appointed to the Top Executive Team of Stellantis in January 2021.

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, Program, HR Talent Development and General Brand Development.

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

It led her to 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 the Product Planning between 2007 and 2012. She was managing the 5 brands development. During those 5 years, Béatrice Foucher led the internationalization of the product range of the Group.

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

Between 2015 and 2019, she endorsed the responsibility of VP of Talent Management for the Alliance.

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

After a Master’s degree of 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.

Luca Napolitano was appointed Brand Chief Executive Officer of Lancia and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

He has a host of experience in sales, marketing and brand operations.

After working in the Ford Italia Sales organization, Napolitano joined the Fiat Group in 2000 as a Business Management Manager in Italy and held various roles of increasing responsibility within the Sales and Marketing functions in Spain and Italy.

He has led several organizations including the Spain & Portugal Business Center Manager; EMEA Fleet Sales and EMEA Minor Markets.

Previously, Napolitano served as the Head of Network Development for the EMEA region where he worked closely with the Business Centers within the region to ensure the performance of the dealer network.

In 2017, Napolitano was appointed Head of Fiat & Abarth brands for FCA’s EMEA region, having served as the Head of the Fiat brand in EMEA from 2015.

Napolitano holds a master of business administration from the University of Rome (Italy).

Davide Grasso is Brand Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Maserati and was appointed to the Top Executive Team of Stellantis in January 2021.

He has significant experience in commercial and operations management as well as global brand management.

Grasso has held a series of positions with increasing responsibility within Nike including Chief Marketing Officer. He also has led teams in Europe, the Americas and Asia. He joined Nike in 2001.

He also served as CEO for Converse, Inc., a subsidiary of Nike, Inc., where he engineered the iconic brand for long-term sustainable growth.

Grasso was named Chief Operating Officer of Maserati in July 2019 with responsibility for overall commercial and financial performance and for driving the operating success of the brand across all global markets. He also was appointed a member of the FCA Group Executive Council in July 2019.

He holds a master’s degree from Bocconi University – Milan Graduate School of Management (Italy) and a bachelor’s degree in business and economics from the University of Turin (Italy).

Brigitte Courtehoux is Brand Chief Executive Officer of Free2move and was appointed to the Top Executive Team of Stellantis in January 2021. 

She has built her career, first during 3 years at “Electricité de France”, and then in the automotive industry at Groupe PSA, on operations, projects, quality and business fields.

She joined Groupe PSA in 1998 and held Planning and Quality Manager positions in various car projects.

In 2006, she became Chief of Staff of PSA Quality Director. In 2008 and 2009, she was Vice President Head of worldwide Quality Control Tower.

Between 2010 and 2013, as Global Project Director, she successfully managed and launched the Peugeot Crossover “2008” in the European, Latin American and Chinese markets.

In September 2013, she was appointed as Senior Vice President, head of Mobility and Connected Services Business Unit. She launched the Free2move brand in September 2016.

In 2018, she became Executive Vice President and a member of Groupe PSA’s Global Executive Committee. At the beginning of 2020, her scope of responsibility was enlarged with the Business Lab (Groupe PSA’s new business incubator).

Brigitte Courtehoux holds an engineering degree from the “Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble” and an Executive MBA from HEC Paris Business School.

Richard Palmer was appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

He has an extensive background in business operations as well as all aspects of finance including treasury and tax.

Palmer served as Finance Manager for several business units at General Electric Oil & Gas. He also spent the first years of his career in Audit with Price Waterhouse and later with United Technologies Corporation.

He held a variety of financial leadership positions since joining the Fiat Group in 2003 as CFO of Comau. He was CFO of FCA US LLC from 2009 to 2017. He also was CFO of Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A. from December 2006 and Iveco from June 2005.

Palmer was appointed CFO and named a member of the FCA Group Executive Council in September 2011. In that role, he was responsible for all financial activities of the Group including control, treasury and tax.

He was named Head of Business Development in July 2018. In April 2019, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of FCA as an executive member. Previously, he also served as Chief Operating Officer of Systems and Castings.

Palmer is a Chartered Accountant and member of ICAEW (England). He holds a bachelor of science in microbiology from the University of Warwick (England). 

Xavier Chéreau was appointed Chief Human Resources & Transformation Officer and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

He has built his entire career path 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.

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

Giorgio Fossati was appointed General Counsel and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

He has an extensive background and deep experience as General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Directors.

Fossati worked in positions of increasing responsibility in the legal departments at Fiat S.p.A. and Iveco S.p.A.

Giorgio Fossati served as General Counsel for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (FCA) since 2011. He also held the title of General Counsel for FCA’s Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Previously, he was General Counsel for Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A.

He currently also serves on the Boards of Directors of FCA Partecipazioni S.p.A., Fiat Chrysler Risk Management S.p.A., FCA Poland S.A. and FCA Group Marketing S.p.A.

Fossati holds a master’s degree from the University of Turin School of Law (Italy).

Olivier Bourges was appointed Chief Planning Officer and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

He joined PSA in 2014 to become General Secretary of the Company. He moved on to become Planning Executive Vice President in 2018, in charge of Corporate Planning (company strategic planning and Business Development), Global Product Planning, Vehicle Programs management and Corporate CO2 management. He was also responsible within the Global Executive Committee for the sales finance activities.

Prior to joining PSA, he held several positions in Renault, mainly as Investor Relations Officer or Vehicles Program Controller and later on as Corporate Controller, and in Nissan, responsible for Corporate Planning and Vehicle Program Management in North America.

He started his career at the French Treasury where he held several positions in the banking supervisory activities and in the state-owned companies supervisory activities. He also worked for the World Bank in Washington D.C.

He is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration, France.

Maxime Picat was appointed Chief Purchasing and Supply Chain Officer in June 2022 and has served as a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team since January 2021.

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.

Arnaud Deboeuf was appointed Chief Manufacturing Officer for Stellantis and a member of the Top Executive Team in January 2021.

He has a background in upstream development activities: Process Engineering, Manufacturing, Program development and Purchasing, built in France and in South Korea.

He 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 Programme Director for 7 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 LCV business unit.

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

Ralph Gilles was appointed Chief Design Officer for the Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram, Maserati and Fiat Latin America brands and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

He has an extensive background in automotive design, brand operations and business operations.

He joined Chrysler Corporation in 1992, within the Design Office and was appointed Vice President – Interior Design Jeep/Truck and Specialty Vehicles in 2006.

Gilles also served as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Motorsports; President and CEO - SRT Brand; and President and CEO, Dodge Brand for FCA US LLC. He was named Vice President - Design in September 2008.

He serves on the board of McLaren Oakland in Pontiac, Michigan. At his alma mater, The College for Creative Studies (CCS) in Detroit, Gilles serves on The CCS Board of Trustees and The CCS Capital Committee.

Gilles was appointed Global Head of Design and named a member of the FCA Group Executive Council in April 2015. He also led the FCA - North America Product Design Office, a position he was named to in June 2009.

He has earned numerous academic and industry awards and holds a master of business administration from Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan) and a bachelor of fine arts in industrial design from CCS (Detroit, Michigan).

Jean-Pierre Ploué was appointed Chief Design Officer for the Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Citroën, DS Automobiles, Fiat Europe, Lancia, Opel, Peugeot and Vauxhall brands and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

He has built his entire career path within the automotive industry and has alternated between different strategic roles for multiple brands: Renault, Volkswagen, Ford, Citroën, Peugeot and DS Automobiles.

Jean-Pierre Ploué joined Groupe PSA in 2000 and subsequently held the position of Citroën Design Director in the new Automotive Design Network building at Vélizy. He went on to become Head of Design for Groupe PSA in 2008. He was the initiator of the DS product line in 2006, paving the way for the introduction of the new premium brand at Groupe PSA in 2014: DS Automobiles.

In 2010, Jean-Pierre Ploué was attached to the Chairman of Groupe PSA Managing Board as Chief Design & Creative Strategy Officer.
In this role, he became the guardian of differentiation in brand styling and guaranteed coherence between the various brand design identities and strategies.

Jean-Pierre Ploué became the Senior Vice President Design for Groupe PSA in 2016.

He has been awarded several times for the high quality of his work and received notably the Louis Vuitton Classic Design Award for several concept cars including GTbyCITROËN and C-Métisse. In addition, he received the exceptional distinction: ‘Man of the Year’ awarded by the Journal de l’Automobile (French Automobile Magazine) in 2008.

Jean-Pierre Ploué was top of his graduation class for the Master’s degree at the ENSAAMA School of Fine Arts and Design in Paris, France in 1985.

Harald Wester was appointed Chief Engineering Officer and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

He has an extensive background in product development, commercial and business operations and strategy.

Wester started his professional career at Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg, where he was General Manager of the Vehicle Research and New Concepts department from 1991 to 1995. He later joined Audi AG in Ingolstadt where he became Program Manager for the A2 models and Special Vehicles, a position that he held until 1999.

He joined Ferrari S.p.A. at Maranello as Director of Product Development, where he remained until 2002. Wester was then named Group President Engineering and Chief Technical Officer (CTO) (Research, Development and Technologies) at Magna Steyr AG, Magna AG (Graz, Vienna). In 2004, he joined the Fiat Group where he took on the role of CTO of Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A.

Wester was appointed CTO for Fiat Group in 2007. In addition to this role, in 2008 he was appointed CEO of Maserati S.p.A.; CEO of Abarth & C. S.p.A. in 2009 and CEO of Alfa Romeo Automobiles in 2010.

He served as Chief Operating Officer of Maserati after he was appointed to the position in 2018. Wester also served as Head of Alfa Romeo and Maserati (until 2016) and Abarth (until 2013).

Wester was named Executive Chairman of Maserati and his role of CTO for FCA was expanded to include global powertrain along with global vehicle engineering in 2019. He served as a member of the FCA Group Executive Council and CTO from September 2011. 

He holds a master’s in mechanical engineering from Technical University of Braunschweig (Braunschweig, Germany).

Ned Curic was appointed Chief Technology Officer and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team on August 30, 2021.

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

Ned 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.

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

Richard Schwarzwald was appointed Chief Customer Experience Officer and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

He has a background in manufacturing, quality and business operations.

Schwarzwald joined Fiat Automobiles in 2004 as the Senior Vice President for Quality and Supplier Quality Director for the Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia and Maserati brands.

In 2007, he was named Quality Assurance Director for Volkswagen South America. In that position, he was responsible for the manufacturing quality of six plants in Brazil and Argentina, in addition he oversaw quality strategy and certification, supplier quality engineering and product reliability.

Schwarzwald rejoined FCA Group in 2016 and served as Head of Quality for the Group’s Latin America region.

He was named Global Head of Quality and a member of the FCA Group Executive Council in October 2018.

Schwarzwald is a graduate from the University of São Paulo (Brazil) where he studied mechanical engineering. He holds a master’s degree in production and logistics operations from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) (Brazil) and a master of business administration from FGV.

Bertrand Blaise was appointed Chief Communication & CSR Officer and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

He has built his entire career path within the field of product and corporate communication in the automotive, railway and energy sectors, working in Europe and Asia Pacific.

He started his career at Renault in 1990 as product and technology communication manager.

He was assigned to Japan in 1999 as head of the Renault liaison office in Tokyo to contribute to the start of the Renault Nissan Alliance.

In 2000, he was appointed Renault Group Asia Pacific communication Vice President covering the corporate, product and Formula1 communications activities for Renault and Renault Samsung Motors in Korea.

Back to Europe in 2003, he took the responsibility of Renault Group product and brand communication at headquarter, covering Renault, Dacia and Renault Samsung Motors brands.

In 2007, he joined Alstom Transport Division as international communications Vice President based in France, before moving to Alstom Group Headquarter working with the CEO.

He joined Groupe PSA in 2014 as Senior Vice President Corporate Communications to develop the image of the Group, the internal and external communication. He also covered the Corporate Social Responsibility activities, as well as the philanthropy (Groupe PSA Foundation).

Bertrand Blaise has a post-graduate diploma from CELSA (Centre des Hautes Etudes de la Communication), France, and International relations Master’s degree (Institut Sciences Politiques), France.