PARIS — A mixture of executives from Fiat Chrysler and PSA Group have been named to guide Stellantis, the new automotive giant created from the merger of the 2 automakers, in 4 main organizational ranges, with PSA veterans having the numerical edge.
Underneath CEO Carlos Tavares, prime cross-company positions introduced Tuesday embrace Richard Palmer as CFO, the identical put up he held at FCA; Maxime Picat, head of Europe for PSA, as chief working officer for an “enlarged” Europe area; Michelle Wen of PSA as head of buying and provide chain; and Arnaud Deboeuf of PSA as head of producing.
FCA CEO Mike Manley, a key driver of the merger, has already been introduced as head of the brand new Americas area at Stellantis.
The one main place left unfilled is chief technical officer and another positions are described as interim, together with Timothy Kuniskis as head of the Chrysler model, and Gregoire Olivier as head of China.
There are a selection of Stellantis positions that didn’t exist pre-merger. Amongst them are chief software program officer (Yves Bonnefont from PSA), chief efficiency officer (Emmanuel Delay of PSA), chief associates officer (Philippe de Rovira from PSA), and chief buyer expertise officer (Richard Schwarzwald from FCA).
Many Stellantis model leaders will maintain their outdated positions, with a number of notable exceptions. Jean-Philippe Imparato, the pinnacle of Peugeot at PSA, strikes over to distressed Alfa Romeo; Linda Jackson, the previous CEO of Citroen, takes over from Imparato at Peugeot.
In his first public look as CEO of Stellantis, Tavares stated governance could be directed by 9 committees in a “matrix group,” together with enterprise overview, styling overview, a technique council, a world packages committee and model and area committees. The members of these committees weren’t introduced.
Amongst the more than 40 positions named Tuesday, it was not specified who would report on to Tavares. At PSA, he was chairman of a four-person managing board and was additionally the chief of an 18-person international government committee.
The 4 management ranges embrace International Perform Chief Officers; Strategic and Efficiency; Area Chief Working Officers; and Model Chief Government Officers. The next are among the key positions at every:
- International Features, along with Palmer, Wen and Deboeuf: human assets, Xavier Chereau (PSA); planning, Olivier Bourges (PSA); design, Ralph Gilles (FCA), for North American manufacturers plus Maserati and Fiat Latin America, and Jean-Pierre Ploue (PSA) for European manufacturers; engineering, Harald Wester (FCA); gross sales and advertising and marketing, Thierry Koskas (PSA).
- Strategic and Efficiency contains Manley, Delay, Bonnefont and de Rovera, in addition to Silvia Vernetti of FCA.
- Areas, along with Picat and Olivier: North America, Mark Stewart (FCA); South America, Antonio Filosa (FCA); Center East and Africa, Samir Cherfan (PSA); India and Asia Pacific, Carl Smiley (FCA)
- Manufacturers, along with Imparato, Jackson and Kuniskis: Jeep, Christian Meunier (FCA); Ram, Mike Koval (FCA); Citroen, Vincent Cobee (PSA); Fiat/Abarth, Olivier Francois (FCA); Opel/Vauxhall, Michael Lohscheller (PSA); Maserati, Davide Grasso (FCA); Lancia, Luca Napolitano.