Reorganisation of Stellantis awaiting Tavares' successor

Changes at the top for DS, Jeep and Peugeot. The new Group CEO will be appointed by the end of June 2025

By: Massimo Grassi

Feb 4, 2025 at 4:31am ET

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Stellantis' search for a new CEO continues, with the aim of appointing one by the end of June 2025. The "guessing game" continues apace, but nothing official has been leaked. In the meantime, however, the group is continuing its reorganisation work in the post-Tavares era by changing the key men at the helm of its brands.

Following the return of Tim Kuniskis, former number one at Dodge and now at the helm of RAM, three other brands are preparing for a change of CEO: DS, Jeep and Peugeot. And not only that.

Objective: simplification

Let's go in order: the first change at the top concerns DS, which from 3 February 2025 will have Xavier Peugeot as its new CEO in place of Olivier François, who will remain at the head of Fiat. Staying in France, Peugeot's leadership will also change from Linda Jackson to Alain Favey, while across the Atlantic, Jeep will have as its new number one Bob Broderdorf, for whom he was already in charge of the North American market.

Changes for brands with different philosophies and positioning, with DS leading a new life that began with the presentation of the flagship DS No. 8, and Jeep struggling in the United States and preparing for the launch of the new Compass, while also thinking about the successor to the Renegade.

Finally, Anne Abboud is in charge of Stellantis Pro One's commercial vehicle unit. The changes do not stop there, because Stellantis is not just about cars. On the contrary.

The first teaser of the new Jeep Compass

Photo by: Jeep

SD N°8

Photo by: DS

Among the new appointments is Ned Curic, who will take charge of all the group's software activities, which will be integrated 'into a single product development and technology organisation [...] to streamline the process of bringing innovative products and services to market for all brands in all markets where the company is present'. Software is now a key market for car manufacturers, and - as Volkswagen's (negative) experience with Cariad teaches us - getting an infotainment system and user experience wrong can jeopardise a model's sales.

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Also in the name of simplification, Stellantis has decided to create a centralised marketing office headed by Olivier Francois, while Antonio Filosa - Stellantis' current operations manager in America - will also take charge of the quality department.

As mentioned above, all this is happening while Stellantis is still looking for a replacement for Carlos Tavares, who announced at the beginning of December 2024 his intention to step down as CEO.