New CEO restructures Fiat Chrysler
Fiat Chrysler’s five-year plan aims to double Jeep sales worldwide to as many as 3.3-million units by 2022
New York/Milan — Mike Manley, the Jeep boss who was thrust into the job of CE of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) this summer after the death of former CEO Sergio Marchionne, began putting his own stamp on the carmaker with a sweeping management shakeup. Manley, who has been juggling multiple roles since taking over as CEO on July 21, named Pietro Gorlier COO of Fiat Chrysler’s components business, as the new head of Europe, replacing Alfredo Altavilla, who left the company after missing out on the top job. Manley did not put anyone in his former role as global head of Jeep and Ram. Alfa Romeo chief Tim Kuniskis will lead the Jeep brand in North America, while Reid Bigland takes over as head of Ram. The moves are part of a broader reorganisation by the Briton as he attempts to steer the world’s seventh-largest automaker through global trade tensions and technological disruption, and make good on its pledge to double profit in the next five years. Rocky start Manley had a rocky start ...
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