Effective Feb. 1, Carlos Zarlenga will replace Mark Stewart as North America COO of Auburn Hills-based Stellantis.
The move is part of Stellantis’ plan to improve performance in North America, which calls for unleashing “the iconic American brands portfolio potential in close cooperation with their CEOs.”
Zarlenga has more than a decade of automotive experience in EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa), Asia Pacific, and Latin America, together with a strong financial background.
Since he joined Stellantis in 2022 as president of Stellantis Mexico, Zarlenga has delivered a year-on-year improvement in sales performance, market share and AOI, leading to the best profit level ever recorded in Mexico.
Zarlenga graduated from Universidad de Belgrano – Buenos Aires, Argentina.
“In the very demanding North American market with many obstacles to overcome in order to foster the performance of the company, Carlos Zarlenga is the best leader among our talent pool to replace Mark Stewart and to drive the change in our business model towards electrification in the region,” says Carlos Tavares, CEO of Stellantis.
“Carlos Zarlenga has demonstrated his ability to bring together and unite diverse teams and to deliver the expected results. I would like to thank Mark Stewart for his contribution to this role after a three-year cycle, corresponding to the date of creation of Stellantis and I wish him the best in his new position.”
No further information was provided on Stewart’s future.
