Created through the merger of Groupe PSA and FCA Group, Stellantis is a leading global automaker and mobility provider.

Automotive

Stellantis

Timothy Kuniskis was appointed Brand Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dodge 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](/org/maserati-s-p-a).

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 (Albany, New York).

Timothy Kuniskis

Nicolas Dufourcq was appointed non-executive Director of [Stellantis](/org/stellantis) with effect from January 17, 2021. Born in France in 1963, Nicolas Dufourcq is a graduate of École des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) and École Nationale d’Administration (ENA).

Nicolas Dufourcq began his career at the French Ministry of Economy and Finance in 1988 and then joined the French Ministry of Health and Social Affairs in 1992, before joining France Telecom in 1994. In 1998, he created Wanadoo, the internet access leader, a subsidiary of France Telecom, and listed it for €20bn in 2000. Between 1998 and 2003, he was CEO of Wanadoo and executive director of France Telecom in charge of the internet, cable and pay TV. Nicolas Dufourcq joined [Capgemini](/org/capgemini) in 2003, where he was in charge of the central and southern Europe region. From 2004 to 2013, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of [Capgemini](/org/capgemini). Since February 7, 2013, Nicolas Dufourcq has been the Chief Executive Officer of Bpifrance SA. In addition, Nicolas Dufourcq serves as Chief Executive Officer of Bpifrance Financement S.A.; Chief Executive Officer of Bpifrance Investissement S.A.S.; Chief Executive Officer of Bpifrance Assurance Export S.A.S.; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bpifrance Participations S.A.; permanent representative of Bpifrance Participations S.A. on the board of directors of Orange; Vice-Chairman of the supervisory board of STMicroelectronics N.V.; and member of the supervisory committee of Doctolib S.A.S.

Nicolas Dufourcq

John Elkann was appointed Executive Director of [Stellantis](/org/stellantis) with effect from January 17, 2021 and Chairman on January 17, 2021. Previously, he served as Chairman and Executive Director of FCA from 13 October 2014. Prior to that role, he was Chairman of Fiat S.p.A. from April 21, 2010 where he previously served as Vice Chairman beginning in 2004 and as a board member from 1997. John Elkann is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Exor N.V. and Chairman of Giovanni Agnelli B.V.

Born in New York in 1976, John Elkann obtained a scientific baccalaureate from the Lycée Victor Duruy in Paris, and graduated in Engineering from Politecnico, the Engineering University of Turin (Italy). While at university, he gained work experience in various companies of the FCA group in the United Kingdom and Poland (manufacturing) as well as in France (sales and marketing). He started his professional career in 2001 at [General Electric](/org/general-electric) as a member of the Corporate Audit Staff, with assignments in Asia, the United States and Europe. John Elkann is Chairman of Ferrari N.V. and Ferrari S.p.A., Chairman of GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A. and a board member of PartnerRe Ltd. He also was a board member of The Economist Group from 2009 to 2020. John Elkann is a member of the Board of Trustees and of the Nominating Committee of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). He also serves as Chairman of the Giovanni Agnelli Foundation.

John Elkann

Arnaud Deboeuf was appointed Chief Manufacturing Officer for [Stellantis](/org/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](/org/ecole-polytechnique) (Paris) and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (Paris).

Arnaud Deboeuf

Wan Ling Martello was appointed non-executive Director of [Stellantis](/org/stellantis) with effect from January 17, 2021. Born in Manila, the Philippines, in 1958, Wan Ling Martello currently serves as a partner and cofounder at [BayPine](/org/baypine), a private equity firm, a role she has held since 2020. From 2015 to 2018, Wan Ling Martello served as Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the Asia, Oceania, and sub-Saharan Africa regions at [Nestlé](/org/nestle).

From 2012 to 2015, Wan Ling Martello served as [Nestlé](/org/nestle)’s Chief Financial Officer, and from 2011 to 2012 she served as [Nestlé](/org/nestle)’s Executive Vice President. From 2005 to 2011, Wan Ling Martello was a senior executive at Walmart Stores, Inc., a retail corporation, where she served as executive vice president for global ecommerce and executive vice president, chief financial officer & strategy. Wan Ling Martello has served on the board of directors of Alibaba Group since 2015 and of Uber Technologies, Inc. since 2017.

Wan Ling Martello holds an MBA from the [University of Minnesota](/org/university-of-minnesota) and a BS from the [University of the Philippines](/org/university-of-the-philippines).

Wan Ling Martello

Robert Peugeot was appointed non-executive Director of [Stellantis](/org/stellantis) with effect from January 17, 2021 and Vice Chairman on January 17, 2021. He is Chairman of FFP’s board and was previously the permanent representative of FFP on the PSA Supervisory Board, a member of PSA’s Finance and Audit Committee and Chairman of PSA’s Strategic Committee. Robert Peugeot joined the PSA Supervisory Board as permanent representative of FFP on April 25, 2014. Born in France in 1950, Robert Peugeot is a graduate of École Centrale de Paris and Institut Européen d’Administration des Affaires (INSEAD).

Robert Peugeot held various executive positions within PSA. From 1998 to 2007, he was Vice-President for innovation and quality, and a member of PSA’s Executive Committee. In addition, he currently serves as Chairman of the board of FFP S.A.; director of Établissements Peugeot Frères S.A.; director of Faurecia S.E.; director of FFP Investment UK Ltd.; Chairman of F&P S.A.S.; Managing Director of S.A.R.L. CHP Gestion; Managing Director of SC Rodom; permanent representative of F&P S.A.S. on the board of directors of Safran S.A.; member of the supervisory board of Signa Prime; director of Sofina S.A.; member of the supervisory board of Soparexo S.C.A.; director of Tikehau Capital Advisors S.A.S.; and permanent representative of Maillot II S.A.S., on the board of directors of Sicav Armene 2. 

He is a Knight of the French National Order of Merit and a Knight of the French Legion of Honour.

Robert Peugeot

Christine Feuell is the Brand CEO of Chrysler at [Stellantis](/org/stellantis). Christine has extensive experience in the automotive industry, having served as the Global Vice President of Marketing at Adient and the Chief Commercial Officer of Honeywell Intelligrated.

Christine has a proven track record in driving double-digit global growth and transforming customer IIOT automation and digital performance. Christine is an expert in marketing strategy, product marketing, brand strategy, and demand generation.

Under Christine's leadership, the Chrysler brand has experienced significant growth and success. Christine has been instrumental in expanding Chrysler's presence in the global marketplace and strengthening its position as a leading automotive manufacturer.

Christine Feuell has a BA in Marketing & Economics from [Michigan State University](/org/michigan-state-university). Christine also has an Executive Leadership Program in International Business and Marketing from Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business. Christine is also a graduate of the Johnson Controls Extreme Leadership Program from The Wharton School.

Christine Feuell reports to Carlos Tavares, CEO. They work with Arnaud Deboeuf - Chief Manufacturing Officer, Uwe Hochgeschurtz - Brand CEO, Opel & Vauxhall, and Luca Napolitano - Brand CEO, Lancia.

Christine Feuell

Uwe Hochgeschurtz is currently the Brand CEO of [Opel](/org/opel) & Vauxhall at [Stellantis](/org/stellantis). 

Hochgeschurtz began their career in 1991 as a Zone Manager at Ford-Werke GmbH. Uwe then moved to Ford Motor Company in 1994, where they became the Head of LCV Marketing Germany. In 2001, they left Ford to join Volkswagen AG as the Head of worldwide Marketing LCV. 

In 2004, Hochgeschurtz joined Renault, where they became the Director of Corporate Sales Division. Uwe was responsible for sales to all major Key Accounts including Leasing, Rental and Remarketing. Uwe also introduced the worldwide Alliance Key Account Management. 

In 2014, Hochgeschurtz was promoted to Managing Director at Renault Suisse. In this role, they were responsible for the cluster central Europe which included Austria and Switzerland. 

In 2016, they were again promoted to CEO at Renault Allemagne. Uwe held this position until 2020, when they became the CEO of Renault Germany / Austria / Switzerland. 

Hochgeschurtz joined [Opel](/org/opel) in 2021 and is currently the Brand CEO of [Opel](/org/opel) & Vauxhall at [Stellantis](/org/stellantis).

Uwe Hochgeschurtz has a type of corporate entrepreneurship and their field is in business. Uwe attended [Stanford University](/org/stanford)'s Graduate School of Business and received their master's degree in business administration and management from the University of Cologne. Uwe also has a bachelor's degree from Université Paris Dauphine - PSL in business administration and management as well as a Bachelor's degree in economics from Bergische Universität Wuppertal.

They are on a team with Xavier Duchemin - SVP, Eurasia, Brigitte Courtehoux - Brand CEO, Free2Move, and Michelle Wen - Chief Purchasing & Supply Chain Officer. Uwe Hochgeschurtz reports to Carlos Tavares, CEO.

Uwe Hochgeschurtz

Ann Frances Godbehere was appointed non-executive Director of [Stellantis](/org/stellantis) with effect from January 17, 2021. She was born in Canada in 1955.

Ann Frances Godbehere started her career with Sun Life of Canada in 1976 in Montreal, Canada, and joined M&G Group in 1981, where she served as senior vice president and controller for life and health, and property and casualty businesses throughout North America. She joined [Swiss Re](/org/swiss-re) in 1996, after it acquired the M&G Group, and served as Chief Financial Officer from 2003 to 2007. From 2008 to 2009, she was interim chief financial officer and an executive director of Northern Rock bank in the initial period following its nationalization. Ann Frances Godbehere has also held several non-executive director positions at Prudential plc, British American Tobacco plc, UBS AG, and UBS Group AG. Most recently, and until May 2019, she served as a non-executive director of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited. She was also senior independent director of Rio Tinto plc. In addition, Ann Frances Godbehere serves as non-executive director of Royal Dutch Shell plc. She is also a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Professional Accountants and a fellow of the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada.



Ann Frances Godbehere

Henri de Castries was appointed non-executive Director of [Stellantis](/org/stellantis) with effect from January 17, 2021 and Senior Independent Director on January 17, 2021. Born in France in 1954, he is a graduate of École des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) and École Nationale d’Administration (ENA).

Henri de Castries was the Chairman of the Management Board of AXA S.A. from 2000 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from April 2010 until September 2016. He previously worked for the French Finance Ministry Inspection Office and the French Treasury Department. In addition, Henri de Castries currently serves as director of Argus Media Ltd.; Chairman of Europe and special advisor of [General Atlantic](/org/general-atlantic); Chairman of the board of directors of AXA Assurances IARD Mutuelle; Chairman of the board of directors of AXA Assurances Vie Mutuelle; member of the global advisory council of Leapfrog Investments Ltd.; director of HSBC Holdings plc.; and Vice-Chairman of the board of directors of Nestlé S.A.

Henri De Castries

Fiona Clare Cicconi was appointed employee representative on the Stellantis Board with effect from January 17, 2021. 

Born in London in 1966, Fiona Clare Cicconi became Head of People Operations for Google in January 2021. Prior to that she was Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at AstraZeneca PLC from 2014. Fiona Clare Cicconi started her career at [General Electric](/org/general-electric), where she held various human resources roles within the oil and gas business. Subsequently, she spent a number of years at [Cisco](/org/cisco), overseeing human resources in Southern Europe and then industrial and employee relations in EMEA, before joining F. Hoffmann La Roche in 2006. There, she was most recently responsible for global human resources for Global Technical Operations.

Fiona Clare Cicconi holds a diploma in international business studies from Leeds Metropolitan University.

Fiona Clare Cicconi

Kevin Scott was appointed non-executive Director of [Stellantis](/org/stellantis) with effect from January 17, 2021. Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1972, Kevin Scott has been executive vice president of technology & research, and Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft since 2017. Kevin Scott’s 20-year career in technology spans both academia and industry as researcher, engineer and leader.

Prior to joining Microsoft, Kevin Scott was senior vice president of engineering and operations at [LinkedIn](/org/linkedin) from 2011 to 2016. Earlier in his career, Kevin Scott oversaw mobile ads engineering at Google, including the integration of Google’s acquisition of AdMob. At AdMob, Kevin Scott was responsible for engineering and operations for the world’s leading platform for mobile monetization. Before joining AdMob, Kevin Scott held numerous leadership positions at Google in the search and advertising divisions of the company. 

Kevin Scott is the founder of the non-profit organization Behind the Tech, a member of the [Anita Borg Institute](/org/anitab-org)’s board of trustees and a director of The Scott Foundation.

Kevin Scott holds an M.S. in computer science from [Wake Forest University](/org/wake-forest-university), a B.S. in computer science from University of Lynchburg, and has completed most of his Ph.D. in computer science at the [University of Virginia](/org/university-of-virginia).

Kevin Scott

Nicolas Morel was appointed Deputy Chief Engineering Officer and a member of [Stellantis](/org/stellantis)’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

He has built his entire career path within the field of Research and Development inside Groupe PSA. He has managed projects as well as business lines within R&D and industrial sites. He led Corporate and Regional entities.

He joined Groupe PSA in 1992 and successively held the position of Electric and electronic project Manager for Citroën Saxo, Project Cost leader for Citroën Saxo and Peugeot 106 in the former plant of Aulnay, and Project leader for reskin of Peugeot Partner, Citroën Berlingo and Xsara Picasso.

In 2002, he was appointed Vice President, in charge of Noise, Vibration and Harshness Department for all vehicles engineered in Groupe PSA. In 2004, he was appointed Senior Vice President, Director of the Vehicle performances Synthesis Division and in 2007 enlarged his responsibility to the Functional & Physical Architecture. In 2014, he moved to China to take the lead of the Design and R&D Center located in Shanghai. In 2018, he took the lead of Vehicles Projects and Serial Life Division.

In 2019, he was appointed Executive Vice President of global Research and Development of the Group and member of Groupe PSA’s Global Executive Committee.

Nicolas Morel graduated from the “Ecole Centrale Paris” Engineering school in France.


Nicolas Morel

Philippe de Rovira was appointed Chief Affiliates Officer for Sales Finance, Used Cars, Parts and Service and Retail Network and a member of [Stellantis](/org/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](/org/essec-business-school) based in Paris.

Philippe de Rovira

Michelle Wen was appointed Chief Purchasing and Supply Chain Officer and a member of [Stellantis](/org/stellantis)’ Top Management Team in January 2021.

She can look back on a diverse career and has held a number of senior managing positions with blue-chip companies across various industries including the automotive business.

She started her career with Thomson Multimedia in 1994 as Financial Controller, Sales Representative and Purchasing Manager.
From 1997 to 2000, she worked for Group Philips’ automotive branch where she held the position of Strategic Alliances Manager & Senior Purchasing Manager. In 2000, Michelle joined Renault-Nissan first as Global Supplier Account Manager for Powertrain and then for Vehicle Body area. In 2008, she became Vice President of Sourcing & Supplier Quality Development with Alstom Transport.
From 2012 to 2016, she held the position of Group Sourcing Vice President of Vallourec.

In September 2017, she joined [Opel](/org/opel) as Vice President Purchasing & Supply Chain from Vodafone Procurement Company.

In June 2018, Michelle Wen was appointed Executive Vice President Global Purchasing and Supplier Quality for Groupe PSA and became a member of the Global Executive Committee.

Michelle Wen received a Bachelor’s Degree in International Business from [American University](/org/american-university) in Taipei, studied Economics & Accounting at the London School of Economics and Executive Management at [INSEAD](/org/insead), as well as a Master of Business Administration from ESCP-EAP in Paris.



Michelle Wen

Vincent Cobée is Brand Chief Executive Officer of Citroën and was appointed to the Top Executive Team of [Stellantis](/org/stellantis) in January 2021.

He has a wide international experience holding strategic positions in Europe, North America and Asia in the construction and automotive industries.

Beginning his career in France’s State Public Works Department, he took an international path and joined Egis Projects in 1996, moving to Canada as New Projects Manager, then in 1997 to the Philippines where he was promoted Project Director for the Manila North Tollways.

His automotive career began in 2002 when he joined Nissan Motor Corporation, in Tokyo. There, he served as Head of Purchasing for Nissan Europe (2005), then as Program Director for Nissan in Japan (2008) where he led the development and the launch of a family of global entry vehicles.

Appointed Global Head of the Datsun brand in 2010, he led the launch and roll out of the brand until 2017. He then joined Mitsubishi Motors Corporation as Executive Planning Officer, in charge of product strategy, brand, as well as products and programs.
He joined Groupe PSA in 2019, to be appointed Citroën CEO and a member of Groupe PSA’s Global Executive Committee in January 2020, with a mandate to set the brand on the path of global sustainable growth.

Vincent Cobée is a graduate from [Ecole Polytechnique](/org/ecole-polytechnique), France, and completed a master degree in Civil Engineering at Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. He holds a master degree in business administration from [Harvard Business School](/org/harvard-business-school).



Vincent Cobée

Brigitte Courtehoux is Brand Chief Executive Officer of Free2Move and was appointed to the Top Executive Team of [Stellantis](/org/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.


Brigitte Courtehoux

Carlos Tavares was appointed Executive Director of [Stellantis](/org/stellantis) with effect from January 17, 2021 and Chief Executive Officer on January 17, 2021. 

Previously, he served as Chairman of the Managing Board of Groupe PSA from March 31, 2014, having joined Groupe PSA’s Managing Board on January 1, 2014. 

He held various positions within the [Renault Group](/org/renault) between 1981 and 2004, before joining the Nissan Group. Carlos Tavares was appointed Executive Vice President, Chairman of the Management Committee Americas and President of Nissan North America in 2009, before being appointed as Chief Operating Officer of Renault, a position he held until 2013.

Carlos Tavares also serves as a director of Airbus Holding S.A., and is a member of the board of directors of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA).
Carlos Tavares graduated from École Centrale de Paris.



Carlos Tavares

Olivier Bourges was appointed Chief Planning Officer and a member of [Stellantis](/org/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](/org/world-bank-group) in Washington D.C.

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


Olivier Bourges

Jean-Christophe Quemard was appointed Deputy Chief Customer Experience Officer and a member of [Stellantis](/org/stellantis)’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

He has acquired a broad experience covering almost all segments of the value chain of the automotive industry; from Manufacturing to R&D, Programs and projects, Purchasing or Business development. He started his career at Groupe PSA in 1986 and has been in several positions at GEC level as well as being been a member of the managing board.
After several positions in Manufacturing and Engineering department, he was appointed in 2002 Chief Vehicle Engineer of Peugeot 308. In 2008, he was appointed head of Purchasing Department and joined the Executive Committee in 2009.

In 2010, he was appointed Executive Vice President of Programs and in 2012 member of the managing board.
In 2014, he was appointed Executive Vice President Middle East and Africa operating from Morocco covering all engineering, manufacturing, sales and marketing activities.

In 2019, he was appointed Executive Vice President Quality and Customer Satisfaction for Groupe PSA.
Jean-Christophe Quemard has a Master Degree in Engineering from Ecole des Mines in Saint-Etienne, France and a Master Degree in Energy Economics from Institut Francais du Petrole in Rueil- Malmaison, France.


Jean-Christophe Quémard

Grégoire Olivier was appointed Chief Operating Officer for China (in charge of DPCA) and a member of [Stellantis](/org/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](/org/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](/org/faurecia-sa). 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](/org/ecole-polytechnique) (France), holds an engineering degree from Ecole des Mines de Paris and an MBA from the University of Chicago.



Grégoire Olivier

Jean-Philippe Imparato was appointed Brand Chief Executive Officer of Alfa Romeo and a member of [Stellantis](/org/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.



Jean-Philippe Imparato

Samir Cherfan was appointed Chief Operating Officer for Middle East & Africa and a member of [Stellantis](/org/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](/org/renault) 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.

Samir Cherfan

Béatrice Foucher is Brand Chief Executive Officer of DS Automobiles and was appointed to the Top Executive Team of [Stellantis](/org/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](/org/renault) 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](/org/escp-business-school) & Centrale Supelec in France.

Béatrice Foucher

Xavier Chéreau was appointed Chief Human Resources & Transformation Officer and a member of [Stellantis](/org/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.



Xavier Chéreau

Maxime Picat was appointed Chief Operating Officer for Enlarged Europe and a member of [Stellantis](/org/stellantis)’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

He 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.

Maxime Picat is a civil engineering graduate from the Ecole des Mines Paris.



Maxime Picat

Jose Carlos Pereira

Jin Palmer

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Charles De Cottin

Rita Zeng

Paulo Marcelo Borba Alves Da Silva

Lorenzo Battaglia

Andrea Keogh

Marc Galli

Vishnu Bhetalam

Vittorio De Carlo

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Mindy Henneman

Federico Filippa

Hirsh El'Chonen

Rodrigo Guevara Ibarra

Gennaro Savarese

Alfredo Mourao

Paolo Noce

Carl Smiley was appointed Chief Operating Officer for India & Asia Pacific and a member of [Stellantis](/org/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](/org/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](/org/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](/org/alma-college) (Alma, Michigan) and a master of management with a focus on international business and finance from [Regent University](/org/regent-university) (Virginia Beach, Virginia).

Carl Smiley

Mark Stewart was appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) for North America and a member of [Stellantis](/org/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](/org/vanderbilt-university) (Nashville, Tennessee).

Mark Stewart

Jean-Pierre Ploué was appointed Chief Design Officer for the Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Citroën, DS Automobiles, Fiat Europe, Lancia, [Opel](/org/opel), Peugeot and [Vauxhall](/org/vauxhall) brands and a member of [Stellantis](/org/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.



Jean-Pierre Ploué

Giacomo Carelli is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Leasys and Head of FCA Bank and was appointed to [Stellantis](/org/stellantis)’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

He has experience in financial management, marketing, finance and business operations.

Carelli joined Fiat Group in 1996 as a Product Marketing Specialist for FGA Capital in Spain.

He also worked in Germany and Poland as a Project Manager and as a Product Development Manager in the United Kingdom.

He has served within FCA Bank as Country Manager for Switzerland; Group Head of Marketing & Sales; Country Manager for Greece and Greece Marketing & Sales.

Carelli was appointed CEO & General Manager of FCA Bank and Chairman of Leasys in July 2014.

Carelli holds a master of business administration in marketing from the [University of West London](/org/university-of-west-london) (England) and a master's degree in economics and business from Rome’s La Sapienza University (Italy).

Giacomo Carelli

Giorgio Fossati was appointed General Counsel and a member of [Stellantis](/org/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 Italy S.p.A.; Teksid S.p.A.; Fiat Chrysler Finance S.p.A.; Fidis S.p.A.; FCA Partecipazioni S.p.A.; Fiat Chrysler Risk Management S.p.A.; Abarth & C. 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).

Giorgio Fossati

Jacques de Saint-Exupéry was appointed employee representative on the Stellantis Board with effect from January 17, 2021. Born in France in 1957, Jacques de Saint-Exupéry graduated from the Bordeaux Business School.

Jacques de Saint-Exupéry held various positions within PSA beginning in 1984. From 2011, he worked within the management control team covering the activities of the corporate finance and treasury department as well as the financial communication department. 

In addition, Jacques de Saint-Exupéry has been involved in trade-union activity since 2008, including as secretary of the works council of PSA.

Jacques De Saint-Exupéry

Andrea Agnelli was appointed non-executive Director of [Stellantis](/org/stellantis) with effect from January 17, 2021. Andrea Agnelli is Chairman of Lamse (since 2007), a financial holding company, Chairman of Juventus Football Club S.p.A. (since 2010), Chairman of Fondazione del Piemonte per l’Oncologia (since 2017) and Chairman of the European Club Association (since 2017, board member since 2012).

Born in Turin in 1975, he studied at Oxford (St. Clare’s International College) and Milan (Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi). Andrea Agnelli began his professional career in 1999 at Ferrari Idea in Lugano before moving to Lausanne to join [Philip Morris International](/org/phillip-morris-international), from 2001 to 2004. In 2005, he returned to Turin to work in strategic development for IFIL Investments S.p.A. (now EXOR N.V.).

Andrea Agnelli is also a board member of Giovanni Agnelli B.V., board member of EXOR N.V., a member of UEFA’s Executive Committee and a member of the Advisory Board of BlueGem Capital Partners LLP. Previously he served as board member of Lega Serie A and as board member of the Fondazione per la Mutualità Generale negli Sport Professionistici. Andrea Agnelli was appointed to the board of directors of Fiat S.p.A. on May 30, 2004 and became a member of the board of directors of FCA on October 12, 2014.

Andrea Agnelli

Aldo Gutierrez Rendon

Ned Curic

ASIT KUMAR PADHI

Xavier Duchemin was appointed Senior Vice President, Eurasia and a member of [Stellantis](/org/stellantis)’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

He has an international background in Sales and Marketing. He started his career at Citroën in 1991.

Xavier Duchemin was acting as Managing Director for Citroën Austria between 2003 and 2005, and for Citroën UK between 2005 and 2008. He then was Marketing Director for Citroën between 2009 and 2012. Xavier Duchemin launched DS in 2009. Between 2012 and 2017, Xavier Duchemin was Managing Director for Peugeot France. From 2017 until March 2018, Xavier Duchemin was in charge of PSA Retail in Europe.

He joined Opel Vauxhall in March 2018 as Senior Vice President for Marketing and Sales.

Xavier Duchemin is a graduate of HEC Ecole des Hautes Commerciales de Paris.

Xavier Duchemin

Emmanuel Delay was appointed Chief Performance Officer and a member of [Stellantis](/org/stellantis)’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

He has built an international career in general management, finance and strategy, with over 20 years’ experience in the automotive industry, enhanced by executive positions in other industrial sectors. He has led global projects and teams across Asia, Europe and the US.
After beginning his career with [Société Générale](/org/societe-generale) and [General Electric](/org/general-electric) in London, Emmanuel Delay spent seven years with Booz & Co., first in Paris and then in Chicago, leading strategy and transformation projects for global automotive clients.
He joined Nissan in Tokyo in 2002. After several positions including international CFO of their General Overseas Markets, he was appointed Corporate Vice President in charge of financial planning and accounting of Nissan Group in 2006. In 2010, he moved back to Europe as SVP, Administration and Finance for Nissan Europe.
Emmanuel Delay joined Royal Philips in Amsterdam in 2012 as EVP Finance and Group Controller.
In 2014, he joined Groupe PSA as Executive Vice President, Head of India & Pacific Region and member of the Global Executive Committee. In India, he developed and implemented Groupe PSA’s entry strategy and ecosystem, creating two joint ventures with a local partner for sourcing, manufacturing and distribution. In 2020, South East Asia operations were added to the Region.

Emmanuel Delay is a graduate of [ESCP Business School](/org/escp-business-school) and holds an MBA from [INSEAD](/org/insead), France.

Emmanuel Delay

Richard Palmer was appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and a member of [Stellantis](/org/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](/org/comau-s-p-a). 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](/org/university-of-warwick) (England). He is currently a member of the board of LSC Communications Inc.

Richard Palmer

Linda Jackson was appointed Brand Chief Executive Officer of Peugeot and a member of [Stellantis](/org/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](/org/university-of-warwick) and spent her entire career in the automotive industry.

Linda Jackson

Bertrand Blaise was appointed Chief Communication & CSR Officer and a member of [Stellantis](/org/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](/org/renault) 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](/org/renault) 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.

Bertrand Blaise

Davide Grasso is Brand Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of [Maserati](/org/maserati-s-p-a) and was appointed to the Top Executive Team of [Stellantis](/org/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](/org/maserati-s-p-a) 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).



Davide Grasso

Mike Koval Jr., is Brand Chief Executive Officer of Ram and was appointed to the Top Executive Team of [Stellantis](/org/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](/org/central-michigan-university) (Mount Pleasant, Michigan).



Mike Koval

Silvia Vernetti was appointed head of the Global Corporate Office and a member of [Stellantis](/org/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](/org/bain) (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).



Silvia Vernetti

Luca Napolitano was appointed Brand Chief Executive Officer of Lancia and a member of [Stellantis](/org/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).



Luca Napolitano

Ralph Gilles was appointed Chief Design Officer for the Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram, [Maserati](/org/maserati-s-p-a) and Fiat Latin America brands and a member of [Stellantis](/org/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](/org/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](/org/michigan-state-university) (East Lansing, Michigan) and a bachelor of fine arts in industrial design from CCS (Detroit, Michigan).


Ralph Gilles

Harald Wester was appointed Chief Engineering Officer and a member of [Stellantis](/org/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](/org/maserati-s-p-a) 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](/org/maserati-s-p-a) after he was appointed to the position in 2018. Wester also served as Head of Alfa Romeo and [Maserati](/org/maserati-s-p-a) (until 2016) and Abarth (until 2013).
Wester was named Executive Chairman of [Maserati](/org/maserati-s-p-a) 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).

Harald Wester

Thierry Koskas was appointed Chief Sales & Marketing Officer for Stellantis and a member of the Top Executive Team in January 2021. 

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](/org/renault) 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](/org/renault) 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](/org/renault) Electric Vehicles. He moved in 2013 to Argentina as Managing Director of [Renault Argentina](/org/renault-argentina-s-a).

In 2016, Thierry Koskas returned to [Renault Group](/org/renault) 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](/org/ecole-polytechnique) and Ecole des Mines de Paris.



Thierry Koskas

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](/org/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).

Olivier François

Yves Bonnefont was appointed Chief Software Officer and a member of [Stellantis](/org/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.


Yves Bonnefont

Richard Schwarzwald was appointed Chief Customer Experience Officer and a member of [Stellantis](/org/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](/org/maserati-s-p-a) 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](/org/university-of-sao-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.



Richard Schwarzwald

Christian Meunier is Brand Chief Executive Officer of Jeep and was appointed to the Top Executive Team of [Stellantis](/org/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](/org/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](/org/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).



Christian Meunier

Christophe Musy was appointed Chief Operating Officer for the ASEAN region and a member of [Stellantis](/org/stellantis)’ Top Executive Team in January 2021.

He has built his entire career path within the field of commerce and has alternated between the head office and operations in different sites and regions. These have included country, regional and support functions.

He joined Groupe PSA in 1990 and held marketing positions for the Citroën brand in France. He then moved to the Citroën Europe sales division. In 1997, he was appointed Vice President head of European importers and in 2000 head of Citroën Belgium Luxemburg. From 2003 to 2006 he was Europe deputy Director in charge of all NSCs except the G5. In 2007, he was appointed Senior Vice President head of Citroën Germany and in 2009 head of Citroën northern Europe including Germany, the UK, Benelux, Scandinavia.

In 2012, he joined the newly created PSA Europe sales division enlarging his working scope to Peugeot and Citroën operations in northern and eastern European countries including NSCs and importers.

By the end of 2012 he was appointed Sales and marketing Director for Dongfeng Peugeot and Dongfeng Citroën in China, Wuhan. This included beginning of 2014 the project of transfer to DPCA of PSA ASEAN operations.

From October 2014 until January 2021, he held the position of Services and Parts Director for Groupe PSA. In this role, he developed aftersales and parts operations worldwide and started new businesses like parts online multi-brand conquest or circular economy.

Christophe Musy holds a Master degree from [ESSEC Business School](/org/essec-business-school), France, completed with a bachelor’s degree in law from Paris Assas University, France.

Antonio Filosa was appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Latin America and a member of [Stellantis](/org/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](/org/maserati-s-p-a) 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](/org/politecnico-di-milano) (Italy).

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