Stellantis has reshuffled its prime government staff on the operational and model stage, with the modifications being led by new duties for Chief Know-how Officer Ned Curic, who turns into chief engineering and expertise officer, with duty for analysis and growth.

Curic, who began his stint at Stellantis in August 2021, will exchange engineering chief Harald Wester, who’s retiring, the automaker stated Tuesday.

Wester, 65, began his profession at Volkswagen in 1991. He later labored at Audi till 1999, when he joined Ferrari. In 2002 he grew to become an government at Magna Steyr, and moved to Fiat in 2004, turning into group CTO in 2007. He then grew to become CEO of Alfa Romeo, CEO of Abarth and CEO of Maserati, along with his general expertise duties. Wester grew to become head of Stellantis engineering when the corporate was created in 2021.

The corporate additionally appointed Beatrice Foucher, at present DS Vehicles CEO, as chief planning officer, changing Olivier Bourges.

“These modifications display that the variety of expertise and expertise inside Stellantis’ prime government staff make it potential to adapt our management staff to handle the difficult enterprise atmosphere,” stated Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares.

Different modifications embody Olivier Bourges, at present chief planning officer, appointed international company workplace and public affairs officer. Silvia Vernetti, at present head of the worldwide company workplace, is appointed head of the worldwide company planning.

On the model stage, Fiat CEO Olivier Francois provides duty for the DS Vehicles model.    

Timothy Kuniskis, at present Dodge model CEO, additionally turns into CEO of the Ram truck model. Mike Koval, at present Ram CEO, turns into head of the Mopar elements division for North America.

Stellantis, which is dwelling to 14 manufacturers, together with Opel, Jeep, Ram and Maserati, was solid from the merger of Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot-owner PSA in January 2021.

Reuters contributed to this report