Ashwani Muppasani

Ashwani Muppasani was appointed Chief Operating Officer for India & Asia Pacific and a member of Stellantis’ Top Executive Team in November 2023. Prior to this, he was the Chairman of the Board and President of Stellantis (Shanghai) Automotive Co. Ltd. (SSAC) from July 2022, responsible for the overall operations and management of the Jeep, Alfa Romeo, DS and Mopar brands in China. Ashwani started his career at General Motors. He worked in production, supplier quality, purchasing & supply chain, sales and marketing in the U.S., China, Latin America, Africa, India, Europe and South Korea. He later joined OHorizons Global Inc., where he served as Executive Vice President in the field of corporate mergers and acquisitions and business recovery for large scale ventures From 2014 to 2019, Ashwani worked for Tyco Electronics as the Vice President of Operations and Quality for its automotive division in the Americas market. From November 2019, he joined the former FCA (Fiat Chrysler) Group as Head of Procurement and Supply Chain Asia Pacific region. An India-born U.S. citizen, Ashwani holds a Bachelor Degree of Industrial & Production Engineering from the Manipal Institute of Technology, India, and a master’s degree of Industrial Engineering from Wichita State University in the United States. Ashwani Muppasani possesses more than two decades of multi-continental and multi-functional experience with competencies in mergers and acquisitions, strategic procurement, logistics, continuous improvement, and program management. 20+ years of multi-continent and multi-functional experience - Turnaround experience by motivating and coaching - Working experience in target identification, negotiation, and post-transaction support - Delivered significant gross material performances in both direct and Indirect purchases while improving supplier relations - Two Prestigious “General Motors Transformers” Awards - Leading the Change awards in a short 6-month span from the Chairman of the Company - Business sense, P&L working knowledge, never-ending energy, coach and mentor, open-minded - Can speak 3 Indian, English, beginner Mandarin and Portuguese. Working knowledge in Spanish - Led footprint optimization across the Americas to accelerate bottom-line profitability