MILAN (Reuters) - Fiat Chrysler (FCA) (FCHA.MI) said on Saturday that boss Sergio Marchionne, 66, would not be returning to work because he was gravely ill.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) headquarters are seen in Turin, Italy, July 21, 2018. REUTERS/Massimo Pinca
In addition to being FCA chief executive, Marchionne was also CEO and chairman of luxury sports car brand Ferrari (RACE.MI) and chairman of truck and tractor maker CNH Industrial (CNHI.MI), which were spun off from FCA in recent years.
Following is a brief summary on the executives who have been appointed to replace him in the various roles:
MIKE MANLEY
The 54-year-old Briton picked to become the FCA’s new CEO has been leading the group’s top brand Jeep since 2009, first as Jeep President and CEO at Chrysler and then as FCA’s Jeep head.
In 2015 he was also appointed head of the Ram brand.
Under his tenure, Jeep turned into a global brand becoming, together with Ram, FCA’s profit engine.
Jeep sold nearly 1.4 million cars last year compared with less than 338,000 in 2009.
Manley had worked as DaimlerChrysler’s head of network development in Britain since 2000, having earlier worked for several years in car dealership.
At Chrysler, he headed product planning and all sales activities outside of North America and then became the group’s chief operating officer for Asia and the lead executive for the international activities outside of NAFTA.
LOUIS CAMILLERI
The new Ferrari CEO was already a board member at the luxury sportscar maker before his latest appointment.
He is also the chairman of Philip Morris International, where he also held the job of CEO from 2008 to 2013.
Born in 1955, Camilleri had joined
