Manley struck me as an unimaginative but steady boss: once he got his marching orders he got things done. I always thought that going from FCA CEO to Stellantis head of the Americas seemed like a demotion. I guess it was.
Overall, Chrysler/FCA executives don’t seem to have fared well with the merger. Ralph Gilles, who was a star at Chrysler and at FCA, has gotten lost in the Stellantis shuffle; Tim Kuniskis has all but disappeared.