‘I disagreed with her strategy’ – Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares reveals why he resigned

His “amicable” exit was due to disagreements with the board over strategy, revealed Carlos Tavares, who abruptly resigned as chief executive of carmaker Stellantis. In his first interview on the subject of his resignation, with Portuguese newspaper Expresso, he declined to go into detail about his differences with the carmaker’s board, but said the decision to leave had been made jointly between himself and and Stellantis president John Elkann. Sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that his sudden departure was prompted by the goals set by Carlos Tavares, which were seen as unrealistic or even disastrous by some board members. Carlos Tavares stressed to the newspaper that his main concern was the “protection of the company and that he did not want a difference of opinion to create a risk to its survival and development and that there must be alignment […]
Source: News Beast

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