The move marks a major shift from the company's last leader, who was based in Europe and showed limited understanding of rich U.S. market.

New Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa officially took the helm of the U.S. automaker Monday as he laid out a vision for the company and announced a new leadership team.

Antonio Filosa officially assumed his role as the next CEO of Stellantis N.V. on June 23, and announced his new leadership team the same day, effective immediately, drawing on the deep bench of industry expertise from Stellantis’ teams around the world.