Appointment of the Top Executive Team to steer Stellantis

Amsterdam - Stellantis is establishing an efficient governance from Day One with the appointment of the Top Executive Team, together with the 9 dedicated committees covering company-wide performance and strategy.*

Carlos Tavares, CEO of Stellantis, said: This highly competitive, committed and well balanced team will leverage its combined skills and diverse backgrounds to guide Stellantis, to become a great company”.

*Strategy Council, Business Review, Global Program Committee, Industrial Committee, Allocations Committee, Region Committee, Brand Committee, Styling Review, Brand Review

 

Chief Executive Officer: Carlos TAVARES

 

Strategic and performance

  • Head of Americas: Mike MANLEY
  • Global Corporate Office: Silvia VERNETTI
  • Chief Performance Officer: Emmanuel DELAY
  • Chief Software Officer: Yves BONNEFONT
  • Chief Affiliates Officer: Philippe de ROVIRA(*) 
    (*) Sales Finance, Used Cars, Parts and Service, Retail Network

 

Region Chief Operating Officers

  • Enlarged Europe: Maxime PICAT
    • Deputy: Davide MELE
    • Eurasia: Xavier DUCHEMIN
  • North America: Mark STEWART
  • South America: Antonio FILOSA
  • Middle East & Africa: Samir CHERFAN
  • China: Grégoire OLIVIER Interim, in charge of DPCA
  • India and Asia Pacific: Carl SMILEY 
    • Asean: Christophe MUSY

 

Brand Chief Executive Officers

  • Global SUV
    • Jeep: Christian MEUNIER Synergies Referent1
  • American Brands
    • Chrysler: Timothy KUNISKIS Interim
    • Dodge: Timothy KUNISKIS Synergies Referent1
    • RAM: Mike KOVAL
  • Core
    • Citroën: Vincent COBEE
    • Fiat & Abarth: Olivier FRANCOIS Synergies Referent1 & Global Chief Marketing Officer
  • Upper mainstream
    • Opel & Vauxhall: Michael LOHSCHELLER
    • Peugeot: Linda JACKSON Synergies Referent1
  • Premium
    • Alfa Romeo: Jean-Philippe IMPARATO Synergies Referent1
    • DS: Béatrice FOUCHER
    • Lancia: Luca NAPOLITANO
  • Luxury
    • Maserati: Davide GRASSO
  • Mobility
    • Free2Move: Brigitte COURTEHOUX
    • Leasys: Giacomo CARELLI

 

Global Function Chief Officers

  • Finance: Richard PALMER
  • Human Resources & Transformation: Xavier CHEREAU
  • General Counsel: Giorgio FOSSATI
  • Planning: Olivier BOURGES
  • Purchasing & Supply Chain: Michelle WEN
  • Manufacturing: Arnaud DEBOEUF
  • Design:
    • Ralph GILLES (CHRYSLER / DODGE / JEEP / RAM / MASERATI / FIAT Latin America)
    • Jean-Pierre PLOUE(ABARTH / ALFA ROMEO / CITROEN / DS / FIAT Europe / LANCIA/ OPEL /PEUGEOT / VAUXHALL)
  • Engineering: Harald WESTER
    • Deputy: Patrice LUCAS Cross car line and project engineering
    • Deputy: Nicolas MOREL
  • CTO: To be defined
  • Sales & Marketing: Thierry KOSKAS
  • Customer Experience: Richard SCHWARZWALD
    • Deputy: Jean-Christophe QUEMARD
  • Communication & CSR: Bertrand BLAISE
     

*charged with guiding the identification, implementation and acceleration of synergies within their respective groups and cross functionally

Link to profiles: https://www.stellantis.com/content/dam/stellantis-corporate/group/governance/leadership/bio/eng/Profiles_Stellantis_Global_VFinal.pdf

 

About Stellantis

Stellantis is one of the world’s leading automakers and a mobility provider, guided by a clear vision: to offer freedom of movement with distinctive, affordable and reliable mobility solutions.  In addition to the Group’s rich heritage and broad geographic presence, its greatest strengths lie in its sustainable performance, depth of experience and the wide-ranging talents of employees working around the globe. Stellantis will leverage its broad and iconic brand portfolio, which was founded by visionaries who infused the marques with passion and a competitive spirit that speaks to employees and customers alike. Stellantis aspires to become the greatest, not the biggest while creating added value for all stakeholders as well as the communities in which it operates.

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