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8 FROM THE TOP » ANTONIO FILOSA, FCA July 2018 | AutoData T he 44-year-old Neapolitan Antonio Filosa has recently assumed the presidency of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, or simply FCA, for Latin America, succeeding Stefan Ketter - with whom he worked directly in the conception and construction of the factory in Goiana, PE. And coming for everything, expression that he used during exclusive interviewby AutoData granted in the presidency wing, in Betim, MG, where he will be based. Antonio, as he prefers to be cal- led, is a true alfisti – which confi- gures as an excellent attribute. In addition to that, he graduated in engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Milan andmanagement from Dom Cabral Foundation, of Minas Gerais. He arrived at Fiat Group in 1999 and accumulates works in units of the company in Spain, the United States, Italy, Ar- gentina and, of course, Brazil. In Betim he was a manager of internal logistics, strategic planning and purchasing, besides being an assistant director of manufacturing. He became director of purchases for Latin America and general di- rector of FCA Argentina. He represented, as the region’s main executive, Latin America at FCA Capital Markets Day, sitting in the first row of executives who watched the FCA’s strategic plan release for the next five years by Sergio Marchionne himself (see on page 44). In this interview he details the actions for the region within this universe, which represents an in- vestment of R$ 14 billion - consi- dering the premises that the ex- pected Rota 2030 will bring to the industry at some moment. In the eventual change of these premises therewill be revaluation for valida- tion of this investment, he assured. Interview by Leandro Alves and Márcio Stéfani Coming for everything Paulo, Pernambuco, Argentina, but the headquarters is here, in Betim. Tell us what your main mission will be in the position… Ketter has transformed the company into multi-brand, in FCA. Today we are clearly FCA, our DNA has transformed. My mission will be to continue this process starting from a very strong in- dustrial base, very rooted, with unique values that the brands have and from there to develop business plans that strengthen our presence and the lea- dership of the results in the region. In Brazil the process is already established and needs to be developed, in Argen- tina it started a little later and now it needs to be accelerated, and in March we opened a regional office for the rest of Latin America, which encompasses Stefan Ketter, when he was the leader of FCA Latin America, preferred to be based in São Paulo, Capital, while you chose Betim. Is there any specific rea- son for this? Since its transformation, in 2009, with the fusion of the operations, FCA’s entire strategy has gone from single-brand to multi-brand, frommono-production to multi-production, such as Goiana, in Pernambuco, which is perhaps the best FCA factory globally speaking. To make this strategy happen, commer- cially, we strengthened the regional offices and clearly São Paulo is impor- tant, it represents the largest market in Brazil for SUVs and needs a greater presence as the Jeep headquarters. But when we talk about FCA in Latin America the headquarters is and has always been Betim. I travel a lot, to São