Shanghai (ZXZC)- Daphne Zheng, president of the Guangzhou Automotive Group Fiat Chrysler Automotive (GAC FCA) Sales Co.,Ltd and FCA's Chief Operating Officer for China, will be leaving this group with her whereabouts remaining unknown for now, according to an announcement released by FCA Group. 

Ms. Zheng served as general manager of GAC FCA Sales Co.,Ltd from July 2015, taking charging of such businesses as product roll-out, marketing promotion, sales management and after-sale services for the locally-produced and imported vehicles under Fiat, Jeep and Chrysler brands in China. Under her leadership, GAC FCA gained an impressive year-on-year growth of 260% in 2016 with 179,872 vehicles sold in total.

Then, she was named FCA's COO for China and a member of the Group Executive Council (GEC) on January 11, 2017.

Before joining FCA, Ms. Zheng had served as Vice President at Honeywell China in 2007 and Global Vice President at OnStar in the U.S. in 2005.

Max Trantini will succeed Ms. Zheng as President of GAC FCA Sales Company. According to the announcement, he is going to bring rich industry experience to this role with previous positions including CEO at Getrag Jiangxi Transmissions, CEO at the transmission joint venture between FCA and GAC, and most recently Director of China Business Development for FCA.