After the then CEO Carlos Tavares (66) was fired at the end of last year, Stellantis had checked a number of internal and external candidates, according to “Corriere della Sera”. According to the newspaper, the Supervisory Board also considered a shopping manager Maxim Picat (51) and the former autonation CEO Mike Manley (61).
Filosa was so far the overseas man of Stellantis
Filosa is an internal solution. So far, he was responsible for the American brands of Stellantis, including Jeep, Dodge and Chrysler. The engineer came to the car manufacturer Fiat in 1999, who was initially to FCA by buying Chrysler and after the merger Bangot had become to Stellantis. Afterwards, Filosa led the group’s business in South America for almost ten years.
In the USA Should the manager improve relationships with the suppliers, unions and US dealers who were broken down by the years of conflict with tavares.
Filosa takes over the group in the middle of a difficult phase. In 2024, sales collected by 17 percent to 157 billion euros, the profit fell to 5.5 billion by 70 percent. Finally worried Donald Trump (78) with its car tariffs for additional pressure on the auto industry.