Stellantis UK managing director Paul Willcox has determined to step down from the function, and he will probably be changed by Maria Grazia Davino from September 1.

Willcox, who had held senior UK and worldwide roles with Nissan and Volkswagen Group earlier than in 2019 becoming a member of Groupe PSA, now subsumed into Stellantis.

He grew to become Vauxhall’s MD in 2021 and was then promoted in Could 2022 to guide your entire Stellantis operation within the UK when Alison Jones was promoted to a worldwide place.

His successor Davino has 20 years automotive expertise, with a 360° viewpoint, Stellantis stated. It stated Willcox will retire from the group.

She joined the Fiat group in 2011 and has held the positions of CEO of Austria, Switzerland, and Germany, then in 2021, Davino was appointed head of gross sales and advertising for Europe within the newly created Stellantis Group.

Uwe Hochgeschurtz, chief working officer, enlarged Europe at Stellantis, stated: “I’m more than happy that with Maria Grazia Davino we have now gained a confirmed business knowledgeable for this place. She has a few years of expertise in worldwide automotive gross sales and her experience will make sure that Stellantis’ manufacturers will proceed to achieve success within the essential UK market.”

“On the identical time, I want to thank Paul Willcox for the profitable merger of the 2 current legacies into a strong nationwide gross sales firm that can be capable to grasp the foremost challenges of the longer term.

“We’re the primary within the UK in electrical industrial automobiles and we need to additional develop this sturdy place within the whole market.”