Stellantis will announce the new CEO at the end of the first half of the year, and among the names suggested to take over from Carlos Tavares, who left the company at the end of 2024, Antonio Filosa now appears to be emerging as the leading candidate.
“Bloomberg” now reveals that Antonio Filosa, who is currently in charge of the Americas Regions at Stellantis, is being pointed out as the main candidate for the CEO position of the automotive group.
The decision regarding the new CEO is close to being made, and according to sources close to the situation contacted by “Bloomberg”, with the unstable global economic situation, John Elkann, who chairs the Special Committee of the Board of Directors, may end up choosing someone other than Filosa.
It is worth noting that Stellantis initially informed investors when CEO Carlos Tavares was dismissed in December 2024 that the board, chaired by John Elkann, would appoint a new CEO in the first half of this year.
In April, Elkann reinforced the idea that the process of appointing the new CEO to replace Carlos Tavares “is well underway and will be completed in the first half of 2025.”
In addition to internal candidates, “Bloomberg” adds that the board has considered candidates outside the company, including José Muñoz, who has been with Hyundai Motor since the beginning of this year, as well as Mike Manley, CEO of the American AutoNation Inc. dealership network, who led Fiat Chrysler from 2018 until its merger with PSA Group three years later.
We just have to wait for the appointment of the new CEO of Stellantis, who is already known to have as one of their main priorities to curb the decline in sales in the U.S., which fell by 15% in 2024 and 12% in the first quarter of 2025.
