AUBURN HILLS – Trevor Creed, Senior Vice President – Design at Chrysler LLC will retire Aug. 31. He joined Chrysler in 1985 as Director – Interior Design from Ford Motor Company.
He will be replaced by Ralph Gilles, who will become Vice President – Design, on Sept. 1. But instead of reporting to Chrysler Chairman and CEO Robert Nardelli, Gilles will report to Frank Klegon, Executive Vice President – Product Development.
“Trevor has led a distinguished automotive design career,” Nardelli said. “He played a key leadership role in the design of award-winning vehicles such as the new Dodge Challenger, Chrysler 300C, Chrysler PT Cruiser, Dodge Viper, Dodge Ram and the Plymouth Prowler. We thank him for his contribution to the
Company and wish him well in his retirement.”
In this capacity, Gilles will be responsible for all activities of the
Product Design Office, succeeding Creed. Gilles joined Chrysler in 1992. He
most recently served as Vice President – Jeep/Truck and Advance
Interior Design.
Effective Immediately, Andreas Schell is appointed Vice President –
Electrical / Electronics Engineering Core.
In this capacity, Schell will be responsible for all electrical and
electronics engineering design, development, quality and “voice of the
customer” activities. He succeeds William H. (Bill) Mattingly, who left the
Company last month.
Schell joined Daimler-Benz in 1996 as a Research Engineer. He most
recently served as Chrysler LLC Director – Recovery and Transformation Plan
(RTP) and Strategy.
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