(Reuters) -Citroen has appointed Xavier Chardon as its new CEO, the model’s proprietor Stellantis mentioned on Monday, because the group’s seek for its personal prime government nears completion.
The French-Italian proprietor of the Jeep and Peugeot manufacturers is selecting who will lead it by one of many trade’s most tumultuous durations, after its former CEO Carlos Tavares abruptly departed in December following a dramatic plunge in gross sales and revenue.
Chardon was at Citroen between 1994 and 2012, most just lately as managing director of the model in France, earlier than becoming a member of the Volkswagen group the place he has been head of gross sales for Europe and for the previous 4 years head of France.
He’ll take excessive job at Citroen from June 2 and can report back to Stellantis’ Chief Working Officer for Enlarged Europe Jean-Philippe Imparato, the group added.
His predecessor, Thierry Koskas, who led the model since 2023, will depart Stellantis, a spokesperson of the group informed Reuters.
(Reporting by Alessandro Parodi and Gilles Guillaume, Modifying by Louise Heavens)
