Stellantis Iberia reorganizes its management leadership at Opel, Fiat and Abarth | The truth

Artur Fernandes is appointed Director of the Fiat & Abarth Spain and Portugal brands. Antonio González is appointed Director of Cross Brand Operations Spain.

Alberto López is appointed Director of Network Development Spain, maintaining his current responsibilities at Free2move eSolutions Iberia until the person to replace him is appointed.

Alejandro Noriega has a degree in Economic Sciences from the Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (Buenos Aires). He began his professional career at the Fiat Group in 1997 in Argentina. In 2001 he moved to the group's headquarters in Turin (Italy). Since that moment he has held positions of responsibility in the Sales and Marketing areas in different brands of the Group such as Fiat, Abarth and Fiat Professional and in different markets such as Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. In June 2019 he assumed the responsibility of Brand Country Manager for the Fiat and Abarth brands in Spain. From April 2021 to the present he has been Director of the Fiat and Abarth brands for Spain and Portugal.

Vincent Lehoucq is a graduate of ESSCA (École Supérieure des Sciences Commerciales d'Angers). He joined Groupe PSA in 2001 in the Commercial Training department of Peugeot Spain. During his professional career he has been responsible for Marketing and Quality in the northern zone and Zone Manager of New Vehicles in the Spanish subsidiary. From 2015 to 2017, he has been responsible for Price and Product at Peugeot Spain. In 2017 he was appointed Marketing Director of Peugeot for Spain and Portugal, a position he held until November 2022. On that date he was appointed Director of the Opel brand for Spain and Portugal.

Artur Fernandes has a degree in Business Management from the International University of Portugal, an Executive MBA from INDEG and a Master in Marketing from ISCTE Business School. With extensive experience in the sector, he began his career in the automotive sector in 1999, the year in which he joined the Fiat Auto Group in Portugal, where he held different positions of responsibility: Area Manager, Training Manager, Director of Marketing, Commercial Director and Brand Director, with a stay of 2 years in the French market as Product Manager in 2003. In 2012, he had an experience in his mother company in Turin, initially assuming the Management of Products such as Line, Doblò and Type and then assuming responsibility for Brand Development & Optimization for Central and Eastern Europe.

In 2016 he was appointed Deputy General Manager of FCA Portugal, a position he held until 2021, when he became Commercial and Marketing Director for France, Belgium and the Iberian Peninsula.

Antonio González has a degree in Law and Business from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas – ICADE. He has extensive experience in Distribution, holding different positions of responsibility throughout his professional career, such as General Director of the Peugeot brand in Spain, Head of Parts & Services Europe for Peugeot and Citroen, Head of Parts & Services Iberia with the deployment of the Distrigo organization and recently as Director of Network Development, deploying Stellantis' new distribution strategy.

Alberto López is an Industrial Engineer from the University of Malaga. He began his career in the automotive sector at Peugeot Spain in 2001 within the Network Development area; Later, in 2004 he joined the DaimlerChrysler team for the implementation and development of the Chrysler Group brands; After the split and subsequent integration of Chrysler into the Fiat Group, he led, at different stages, the areas of Network Development, Customer Experience and Digital Business and CRM.

With the creation of Stellantis, it took responsibility for Synergies, Transformation and electric mobility throughout the integration process. Finally, his previous responsibility within the Group was to implement the Stellantis electric charging business unit in Spain and Portugal as Country Manager at Free2move eSolutions.