Management

Andrea Trapè is Head of Internal Audit since December 2020.

He started his career in 1995 as Internal Auditor for the New Zealand government. In 2000 he moved to Melbourne, where he worked in information security for one of Australia’s largest banks.

In 2002, he returned to Italy, where he covered different roles in the Internal Audit department of RAS Assicurazioni (now Allianz).

In 2007, he joined Fiat Revi as ICT Audit Manager and became Head of ICT Audit in 2009. As part of the creation of FCA, he was involved in the convergence of the audit methodology, the implementation of an integrated Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) corporate system, and ICT aspects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act certification. He also led the Data Analytics team introducing innovative tools for the audit activity.

Born in Montefiascone (Viterbo), he graduated in Economics and Business Studies at University of Perugia and holds the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and Certified Information System Auditor (CISA) certifications.

Giacomo Carelli is Chief Executive Officer of FCA Bank and Chairman of Leasys since 2014.

He was appointed to the Stellantis’ Top Executive Team as CEO of Brand Leasys in January 2021.

He has experience in financial management, marketing, finance and business operations.

Giacomo Carelli joined Fiat Group in 1996 as a Product Marketing Specialist for FGA Capital in Spain. He then worked in Germany and Poland as Project Manager and in the United Kingdom as Product Development Manager. Within FCA Bank he served as Group Head of Marketing & Sales and Country Manager for Switzerland and Greece.

Giacomo Carelli, a Certified Public Accountant and Tax Advisor, was born in Rome (Italy) and is 50 years old. He graduated with honours in Economics and Business from Rome's La Sapienza University, completed the CIM postgraduate diploma in marketing at the University of West London and an MSc (Hons) in Accounting & Finance at the Athens University of Economics and Business.

Andrea Barcio has been Head of Human Resources of FCA Bank since May 2019.

He started his career as a consultant. In 1993 he was a Training Specialist with ISVOR. In 1997 he joined Accenture, where he was a Senior Consultant until 2000, when he went to work for FGA in the Human Resources - Organization department until 2003.

After holding two different Human Resources positions, in the International Development and Central Staff area, in 2005 he became FGA’s Head of Recruitment, a position that he left in 2007 to become head of human resources for Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Abarth, Brand Marketing Communication and Product Concept.
In 2010 he became Human Resources Business Partner FGA for the Central Functions, Quality and Supply Chain, a position that he held until 2014.
Between 2012 and 2016 he served as Human Resources Business Partner for Global Finance & ICT for FGA. As HRBP in EMEA, he also followed the Finance, Business Development and Turkey areas.

In October 2016 he was appointed head of human resources of FCA Bank’s and Leasys’s Business Unit Italy, a role he filled until April 2019.

Andrea Barcio was born in Siracusa (Italy) in 1967. He graduated from liceo classico high school, has a university degree in Sociology and obtained a Master in Human Resources.

Simone Basili has been Head of FCA Brands HQ & Italia since April 2022, after he served as Head of Dealer Financing HQ and Head of Group Permanent Controls.

He began in Fiat Sava in 1998 and then joined the holding Fidis in 2000 as Project Manager, where he oversaw several development projects first in the financial companies and then in the Targasys Group business line.

In 2002 he became Project Manager in Fiat Auto, to work on activities related to warranty costs, logistics and quality.

In 2006 he returned to FGA Financial Services as Credit Supervisor in the Credit HQ department and in 2007 was transferred to the newly-established Risk & Permanent Control function as Credit & Financial Risk Manager.

From 2009 he held the role of Corporate Credit Manager in Credit HQ until 2019, when he became Head of Dealer Financing. In July 2021 he joined the Risk & Permanent Controls department as Head of Permanent Controls.

Simone Basili was born in Rieti (Italy) and has a university degree in Economic and Banking Sciences.

As of July 2021, Claudia Daniela Beriava is the Head of Dealer Financing.

Claudia Daniela Beriava began her career in 1992 as a Capital Markets Analyst in Cordoba, Argentina. After two years she became a credit analyst and then took a position in Sales, also in the banking sector. In 1998 she served as Branch Manager for Sudameris Bank. In 2005 she moved to Italy, in Turin, where she joined first SAVA Spa, as a Retail Credit Analyst, and eventually, in 2006, FGA Capital Headquarters as a Corporate Credit Analyst, a role she held until 2016.

In that year she was appointed Rental Underwriting Manager, until the end of 2019. During this period she also acted, for a while, as Corporate & Rental Credit Manager, responsible for analysing and deciding on Leasys's rental applications and evaluating credit applications from the FCA and JLR Dealer network.

In 2019, she was named HQ Corporate Credit Manager in FCA Bank, where she was responsible for evaluating credit applications coming from FCA Bank's companies in Europe.

Born in Còrdoba (Argentina) in 1971, she graduated in Economics from the Universidad Nacional de Còrdoba.

Luca Caffaro has been appointed Group Chief Financial Officer of FCA Bank, effective February 1, 2022.

He started his professional career as an auditor with Deloitte Italia (formerly Arthur Andersen) in 1999, before joining Fiat Group Automobiles Financial Services in 2004.

In 2006, he became part of the FCA Bank Group, where he has held positions of increasing responsibility in Italy and abroad in the area of Financial Services and Mobility.

After a three-year stint as Controller of the FCA Bank Group, from 2015 to 2018 he took on the role of CFO of Leasys SpA, a Group company active in the long-term rental sector.

In 2019 he was transferred to Germany as CFCO of Ferrari Financial Services, responsible for the Swiss, German and UK markets.

Eventually, he moved to France as Country Manager and Managing Director of FCA Capital France, before returning to Italy to take up his current position.

Luca Caffaro was born in Turin in 1975. He holds a degree in Economics and Business from the University of Turin and attended an MBA - Master CFO at the University of Turin.

As of 1 December 2021 Rolando D'Arco will be CEO of Leasys SpA.

After an initial experience in Nissan Finanziaria Italia, he joined the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Group in 1998, where he has held positions of increasing responsibility in Italy and abroad in the field of Financial and Mobility Services.

From 2003 to 2008, he was first Head of Marketing & Sales and then General Manager of Savarent SpA, a Group company operating in the long-term rental sector.

Subsequently, he moved to Portugal where he was Country Manager and CEO of FGA Capital Portugal until 2011, when he returned to Italy to become Sales and Marketing Director of Leasys SpA.

Between 2015 and July 2020 he worked in France as Country Manager and Managing Director of FCA Capital France. In July 2020 he takes on the role of Head of European Markets and Business Development of FCA Bank.

Rolando D'Arco was born in 1971, holds a degree in Economics and Business from L.U.I.S.S. University in Rome and attended an MBA program at STOA.

Emanuela Demarchi has been holding the position of Head of Risk & Permanent Controls (R&PC) since December 2018.

In 2013 she joined Santander Consumer Bank Italy as Risk Manager and Board’s member. She was born in 1975 and graduated in Finance and Administration at the University of Economics & Business in Turin.

Enrico Favale has been appointed Head of Legal and Procurement of FCA Bank in October 2019. His professional career started in 2004 as Legal Practitioner before moving on to KStudio Associato (KPMG) Turin office in 2005, focusing on commercial agreements, corporate matters and M&A transactions.

In 2006 he moved to Trento and joined CREATE-NET (Center of REsearch And Telecommunication Experimentations for NETworked communities) as Head of Legal.

In 2010 he joined the Fiat Group as Teksid SpA Legal Counsel and held this position till 2014, being given more responsibility and involvement in worldwide deals. During 2010 and 2012 he was partially seconded to Comau SpA and Fiat Group Automobiles respectively, contributing to the fulfillment of complex transactions.

In 2014 he was appointed EMEA FCA Service Companies Head of Legal and in 2017 he moved to FCA Italy and was appointed ICT, Connected Vehicle & Financial Services EMEA Head of Legal, also in charge of the coordination of the Legal team serving Business Center Italy. He was born in Mesagne, province of Brindisi (Italy) in 1979, graduated in Law, admitted to the Italian Bar as a solicitor and completed a Master in Business Strategies at the Pisa University of Economics.

Lionel Lafon has been appointed Head of Credit since November 2022.

He began his career in 1998 as a Risk Analyst and later became Risk Manager for Crédit Agricole Consumer Finance in 2002.

For 4 years he continues his path in Crédit Agricole Consumer Finance serving as Country Manager – International Division, managing Strategic steering, remote management & international entities development (Poland, Hungary, Saudi Arabia and Portugal).

He then became Chief Credit Officer for Credibom in Portugal, a position he held for 3 years.

Later, he took on the role of Head of Group Risk Management for CA CF and in 2018 became Chief Credit, Operations and Data Officer for Sofinco in Spain.

Lionel Lafon completed his Master's degree in Econometrics at Lille University in 1996. In 1997, he received a degree in DESS Statistics & Econometrics from Toulouse University.

Patrizio Lattanzi has been Head of Compliance & Supervisory Relations since December 2019, starting from October 2020 he assumed responsibility for Data Protection Officer (DPO) for FCA Bank S.p.A. (including its Branches).

He started his professional career in 1994 with Azimut Holding S.p.A., as head of Group Corporate Affairs.

He then took on roles of responsibility in the Legal departments of the wealth and asset management companies of the Deutsche Bank and Intesa Groups.

In 2004 he became Head of Legal, Risk & Compliance with UBS (Italia) S.p.A.

In 2009 he became Head of Group Compliance with Banca Esperia S.p.A, and eventually took on the roles of Head of the Corporate Affairs and Operations department and CEO of fiduciary companies.

Patrizio Lattanzi was born in Rome on 14 July 1965 and graduated in law.

Paolo Manfreddi is the new Head of European Markets and Business Development as of April 4, 2022. He will also continue to hold the positions of CEO of Leasys Rent and CEO of Leasys New Mobility & Rent Manager that he has held since January 2021.

He began his career in 2002 as a Sales Specialist, before joining Fiat Groupe Automobiles in 2003, where he served as Sales Manager until 2012, when he became Lancia Sales Director.
With the creation of FCA he was appointed Owned Dealer Director and later Rent a Car & Used Car Sales Manager for the EMEA Region.

In 2016 he joined the FCA Bank Group, acting first as Marketing and Business Development Director in Leasys and then, in 2018, as Sales & Marketing Manager in FCA Bank Italia.

Paolo Manfreddi was born in 1976 and holds a Master's Degree in Industrial and Management Engineering from the Polytechnic of Turin.

Juan Manuel Pino is Head of Sales & Marketing since July 2020.

He started his career as Key Account Manager in Group GSS in 2002 up to 2004 where he assumed the responsibility to develop the activities of the company in Argentina, where he agreed partnerships to launch the activities.

In 2005 he joined RCI Bank Spain where he assumed different roles of responsibility, starting with the coordination of the Network Financial activity as Nissan finance Coordinator. He served as regional Manager between 2007 and 2010, becoming Nissan Finance Brand Manager. A position he left in 2013 to assume the responsibility of Head of Insurance and Services for RCI Bank Spain, position held until 2016.

In 2016 he joined FCA Capital Spain being appointed as Sales& Marketing Director, a role he filled until June 2020.

Juan Manuel Pino was born in Madrid (Spain) in 1976. He graduated from Lycée Francais de Madrid high school, has a university degree in Marketing and Business Management and obtained a PMD (Program for Management Development) by ESADE.

Luca Pollano has been holding the position of Head of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) since November 2017, starting from March 2019 he assumed responsibility for the Data Governance function and, from November 2019 for Digital function.

His career started in IN.T.E.S.A. S.p.A., an IBM company, in the E-Business Solutions and Services department as IT Project Manager and then in 2001 he joined Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A. and assigned responsibility for Accounting, Finance, Treasury and Reporting Process in the ICT function, being involved in many projects

In 2007 he covered the role as ICT Manager at Fiat Group International S.A (Switzerland) and in 2009 he was appointed Head of ICT Process - Finance, SAP and Purchasing in the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Group - EMEA Region, covering also the global role for the ICT Process - Finance, SAP.

Additionally, in September 2016 he was assigned responsibility for ICT Teksid (FCA Group – Components), coordinating worldwide ICT activities for all Teksid legal entities.

He was born in Savigliano, province of Cuneo (Italy), and graduated in Computer Science.

Alberto Sibille has been holding the position of Head of Corporate Affairs since June 2017, starting from March 2019 he assumed responsibility for the Process Governance function.

His career started in 1985 as Organization Analyst in FCA and then he was in charge of Headcount Planning & Reporting and HR ICT Systems Management.

In 1990 he was in addition appointed HR Manager for HR Professionals. Then he was HR Manager for the Rivalta Powertrain Plant and Termini Imerese Vehicle Plant in Italy.

Up to 2002 he covered positions in the HR function as Organization and Management Development Director and - after a short period as International Developoment Business Unit HR Business Partner – he joined the Legal function in October 2003.

As Corporate Affairs Manager he was responsible for coordinating corporate affairs of approximately one hundred FCA companies all over the world, integrating Chrysler Group companies, contributing to extraordinary operations within the FCA business and supporting the transformation of FGA Capital into FCA Bank.

Alberto Sibille acts also as Secretary of the Board of Directors of FCA Bank.

He was born in Turin (Italy), and graduated in Economics, Finance and Administration.

Roberto Sportiello was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Ferrari Financial Services (JV between Ferrari and FCA Bank) in January 2020.

He began his career in Fiat SAVA in 2000 in the Credit department and then held positions of growing responsibility in Customer Relationship Management, Sales and then Marketing, between Market and Holding.

In 2008 he became Sales & Marketing Manager of FGA Capital Portugal, returning to Italy in 2011 as Marketing Manager for the Italy BU.

In 2014 he took the post of Head of Marketing & Sales of the FCA Bank Group.

In 2016 he was appointed CEO of FCA Bank GmbH, the bank of the FCA Bank Group in Austria.

Born in 1974, he graduated in Economics from the University of Turin.

Giulio Viale has been holding the position of Head of FCA Bank Italia since December 2017.

He joined the Treasury-Management and Credit Collection body in Fiat Group Automobiles in 1988, before moving to the Balance Sheet Analysis function the following year, where he stayed for several years. In 1996, he handled Credit Policy for the Dealer Financing business in the same Treasury function, then moved to work in Dealer Financing - Foreign Markets for Fidis S.p.A.

He took up the post of Dealer Financing Manager Italy in Fidis S.p.A. in 2003, then when FGA Capital was founded, was appointed Dealer Financing Manager for the Business Unit Italy.

Finally, he was appointed Head of Dealer Financing of the FCA Bank Group in 2012.

He was born in Saluzzo, province of Cuneo (Italy), and has a diploma in accounting.