Stellantis is mending fences within the aftermath of the stormy management of Carlos Tavares, which delivered unbelievable earnings but additionally badly broken relations with unions, merchants, politicians and suppliers.

“These are areas the place I clearly suppose we have to construct confidence again,” Stellantis CFO Doug Ostermann mentioned at a banking convention in December.

The multinational large’s interim management, chaired by Fiat inheritor John Elkann, spent a lot of December on a peacekeeping mission after Tavares’ sudden departure initially of the month.