Stellantis Names Pablo Di Si to Lead North America
Stellantis has appointed Pablo Di Si as chief operating officer for North America and its American brands, handing a former Volkswagen regional chief responsibility for one of the automaker’s most important—and most closely watched—markets. The appointment took effect immediately on November 4, 2026.
Di Si joins the Stellantis Leadership Team and reports to CEO Antonio Filosa, who had retained direct oversight of North America and the company’s American brands. Stellantis did not announce any related changes to products, factories, pricing, dealer programs or staffing. This is a leadership change, not a new operating plan, and the company has not yet disclosed region-specific targets for Di Si.
What Di Si will oversee
The title gives Di Si a broad remit across Stellantis’ North American operation and its U.S.-rooted brands. Those brands include Jeep, Ram, Dodge and Chrysler, along with the group’s manufacturing, sales and distribution activity in the region.
In its November 4 announcement, Stellantis said Di Si brings more than 25 years of automotive and manufacturing experience. He previously led Volkswagen’s North and South American businesses and held roles at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles before the creation of Stellantis. He most recently served as Stellantis’ chief performance officer, leading the company’s Value Creation Program.
That background makes the appointment more than a conventional regional reshuffle. Di Si arrives with experience across both mass-market vehicle operations and a company-wide efficiency program, while North America remains central to Stellantis’ earnings recovery.
A financially important handoff
The change comes shortly after Stellantis reported a difficult third quarter. Group net revenue rose 1% year over year to €37.6 billion, but North American revenue fell 3%. The automaker recorded a €0.5 billion net loss, €0.3 billion in adjusted operating income and a 0.7% adjusted operating margin. Industrial free cash flow was negative €4.0 billion.
Those figures, from the company’s official third-quarter results, describe a business still working through a turnaround rather than one operating from a position of strength. Stellantis has set a €6 billion run-rate efficiency program and said it expects about 40% of the initiatives to be in place by the end of 2026. The company is targeting positive industrial free cash flow in 2027.
Chiefs Review examined those results in more detail in our report on Stellantis’ third-quarter revenue, loss and cash flow. Earlier shipment data also showed the regional mix behind the company’s performance; see our coverage of Stellantis’ Q3 shipments in Europe and North America.
Three other leadership changes
Stellantis paired Di Si’s appointment with three finance and performance moves. Jon Nelson becomes chief financial officer for North America, taking over a responsibility that Joao Laranjo had been carrying alongside his other duties. Gustavo Soloaga succeeds Di Si as chief performance officer.
Alexandre Sorel, currently head of Stellantis Financial Services in Europe, becomes chief executive of Stellantis Financial Services while retaining his European responsibilities. Together, the changes place new leaders over regional finance, the Value Creation Program and the company’s global captive-finance organization.
The coordination matters because a North American recovery will depend on more than showroom demand. Vehicle mix, incentives, inventory, manufacturing costs and captive-finance support all affect revenue and cash generation. Stellantis’ announcement, however, did not assign individual savings targets to the newly appointed executives or identify specific programs they will change.
What to watch next
The next useful evidence will be operational rather than ceremonial: North American revenue and margin trends, inventory levels, quality performance, product-launch timing and the company’s relationship with its dealer network. Investors and customers will also be watching whether the efficiency drive can improve cash flow without disrupting future products or manufacturing capacity.
For now, Stellantis has defined who is responsible but not how the regional strategy will change. Any conclusions about model cancellations, plant allocations, pricing or job levels would go beyond what the company announced. The appointment establishes a clear point of accountability for North America as the group moves into the final weeks of 2026 and works toward its 2027 cash-flow objective.
Sources and disclosure
Primary sources: Stellantis leadership announcement, November 4, 2026, and Stellantis third-quarter 2026 financial results. Additional context: The Detroit News report republished by Yahoo Finance. Chiefs Review did not interview Di Si or Stellantis for this report and has not independently tested any vehicle or program discussed here.
Featured image: Official portrait of Pablo Di Si supplied by Stellantis with its November 4, 2026 press release for editorial use. Credit: Stellantis.