By Giulio Piovaccari MILAN (Reuters) -Stellantis new CEO Antonio Filosa started his tenure on Monday by retaining his previous role as head of the key North American market, while avoiding major changes to the French-Italian automaker's senior management team.

Antonio Filosa began his tenure as chief executive of US-European auto giant Stellantis on Monday with a leadership shake-up, as he seeks to jump-start performance at the struggling maker of

Mediocrity is not worth the trip.”That was part of incoming Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa’s first public message after being named to lead the global automaker.