People

John Elkann is Chief Executive Officer of Exor N.V., Chairman of Ferrari N.V., and Chairman of Stellantis N.V.

Mr. Elkann began his career in 2001 at General Electric on the Corporate Audit Staff, working across Asia, Europe, and North America. In 2003, he joined Fiat Group and contributed to its transformation into Fiat Chrysler, a global automotive leader. In 2021, FCA’s merger with PSA created Stellantis, one of the world’s largest car manufacturers. As Ferrari's Chair since 2018, he has been bolstering the company's uniqueness across its three souls: racing, sports car and lifestyle.

In 2009, Mr. Elkann formed Exor, one of Europe’s largest diversified investment companies and the reference shareholder of companies such as Ferrari, Philips, Stellantis and CNH. He founded Lingotto in 2023, an investment management company focused on delivering attractive long-term returns. He is also the founder of Vento, a platform supporting the next generation of Italian entrepreneurs globally and the organiser of Wave (formerly Italian Tech Week), one of Europe’s most influential tech conferences.

Mr. Elkann is a board member of Meta and a trustee of MoMA. He chairs the Agnelli Foundation, a philanthropic organisation focused on education and is also a member of the J.P. Morgan International Council and the Allianz International Advisory Board. Mr. Elkann earned a scientific baccalauréat from Lycée Victor Duruy in Paris and an engineering degree from Politecnico di Torino.

Suzanne Heywood is Chief Operating Officer of Exor and Chair of CNH Industrial N.V. and Iveco Group.

She was born in Southampton, England and has a Science MA from Oxford University and PhD from Cambridge University after a childhood spent sailing around the world on a boat. Suzanne started her professional career in the UK Treasury.

In 1997, she joined McKinsey & Company where she held increasingly senior positions including, as a Senior Partner, co-leading McKinsey’s global service line on operating model change for several years and working extensively on strategic issues with many clients.

Suzanne is also a Board member of Christian Louboutin, the Economist, Clarivate, and she Chairs Shang Xia.

Guido de Boer is Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Exor.

Mr. De Boer joined Exor in November 2022 after 18 years at Heineken in various CFO roles across the globe, and ultimately as Global Head of Corporate Development, covering strategy and M&A. He started his professional career in investment banking in 1997.

Mr. De Boer is a seasoned financial professional, who has had executive responsibility for functions such as Accounting & Reporting, Controlling, Tax & Treasury, M&A, Investor Relations, Legal, Procurement and IT, in a broad range of countries and in listed and unlisted companies.

He holds a Master's degree in Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam and is a Dutch national (1972).

Benoît Ribadeau-Dumas is Chief Companies Officer of Exor.

He graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and attended the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA). He began his career at the French Council of State in 1997 before joining Thales, a leading French technology group in aerospace and defense where he held different roles until 2009 when he was named CEO of Thales Underwater Systems. He was later appointed at geoscience global leader CGG as Senior Executive Vice President, and then at ZodiacAerospace, as member of the management Board and CEO of Aerosystems Branch. In 2017 he joined the Cabinet of the French Prime Minister as Chief of Staff. He joined Exor in 2022, in particular to support the investments of the company in Healthcare and Energy. He is a non executive Director at Institut Mérieux, Iveco, Stellantis, TagEnergy and Welltec.