New CEO of Jeep owner Stellantis starts with leadership shake-up

Italian enforcement Antonio Filosa has kept his relation arsenic caput of North America astatine Stellantis. Photo: ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP/File
Source: AFP

Antonio Filosa began his tenure arsenic main enforcement of US-European car elephantine Stellantis connected Monday with a enactment shake-up, arsenic helium seeks to jump-start show astatine the struggling shaper of Jeep, Peugeot and Fiat vehicles.

The institution veteran, an Italian who led Stellantis successful North and South America, was named past period to win Portuguese CEO Carlos Tavares, who was sacked successful December.

Filosa, who turns 52 this week, is astatine the apical of a 13-person enactment squad with six members from France, 4 from Italy and 3 from the United States.

"The squad I'm announcing contiguous draws connected each that is champion successful Stellantis," Filosa said successful a statement.

Filosa volition clasp oversight of the North American region, the portion that accounts for astir institution profits whose struggles past twelvemonth precipitated the autumn of Tavares.

Doug Ostermann, an American who was main fiscal officer, volition oversee mergers and acquisitions portion Monica Genovese replaces Maxime Picat arsenic caput of purchasing.

Picat, who was erstwhile seen arsenic a imaginable successor of Tavares, has been mentioned arsenic a imaginable replacement for Renault's departing main enforcement Luca de Meo.

Source: AFP