8 SEPTEMBER2026W MAN LEADERGLOBAL W MAN LEADERGLOBAL NEWS BITESStellantis has expanded its Enlarged Europe Communications division, with Andrea Laura Siro-Brigiano appointed as Director of Lifestyle, Digital PR and New Media of the Enlarged Europe region effective from September 8, 2026.Andrea will be reporting directly to Alessandro Nardizzi, Director of Communication at Stellantis, Enlarged Europe. The newly created role is an indication of the efforts the company has been making to improve communication through digital media.The newly proposed arrangement, Lifestyle Communications, Digital PR, and New Media will come under her purview in the Enlarged Europe Region. The new position is going to help the company make an integrated approach towards audiences and communications on digital and media platforms.Andrea joined Stellantis in 2025 as a veteran professional having rich experience of working internationally in the field of communications in the realms of luxury, fashion, and consumer goods. Within Stellantis, she has been handling Global Press Communications for FIAT and Abarth until now. Her experience of managing communications on an international level can be considered as the basis of her new assignment. Ilya Espino de Marotta officially assumed office as Administrator of the Panama Canal on September 7, beginning her seven-year term leading one of the world's most strategically significant waterways.Her appointment marks the culmination of a long career with the Panama Canal Authority, spanning technical, operational and executive responsibilities. Ilya joined the Canal in 1985 as a marine engineer and was the only woman engineer working at the shipyard of the then Industrial Division.Over the years, she took on a series of senior positions across different areas of the Canal's operations and administration. Her experience includes working in the Engineering Section of the Dredging Division, the Mechanical Engineering Section of the Engineering Division and the Accounting Division, where she served as a valuation engineer. Ipsos has announced the appointment of Trinh Tu as Chief Executive Officer of its UK & Ireland operations. She will take over from Kelly Beaver and report directly to her, while becoming a member of Ipsos' Executive Management Committee (EMC).With more than three decades of experience at Ipsos, Trinh has built and led businesses across the organization since beginning her career as a researcher. Before her new appointment, she served as Managing Director of Ipsos Public Affairs and was part of the UK Management Board.Trinh has successfully steered businesses through market, organizational and technological transformation during her career, achieved solid commercial growth and built new services. Some of his previous positions include Head of Business Growth ­ Public Affairs and Head of Employment, Welfare and Skills. Trinh further has extensive background in board and governance. She is Vice Chair of the UK for UNHCR and chairs its Remuneration Committee. STELLANTIS NAMES TWO WOMEN LEADERS IN EUROPE COMMUNICATIONSILYA ESPINO DE MAROTTA BECOMES 1ST WOMAN TO LEAD PANAMA CANALTRINH TU TAKES CHARGE AS IPSOS UK & IRELAND CEOLEADERSHIP APPOINTMENTSFINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT
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