Manley was educated as an engineer and started his career as a trainee at car financing company Swan National. He continued his career by working at
Renault and
Peugeot dealerships, before moving on to Lex Autosales car dealerships. In 2000, Lex Autosales was bought by
DaimlerChrysler UK, and Manley was appointed director of Network Development for DaimlerChrysler UK. He was transferred to the
United States in 2003. In 2008, Mr. Manley became
Executive Vice-President of planning and sales for Chrysler followed by
COO for the Asia region and then in 2009, he became the CEO of the
Jeep division, a position which he held with FCA since the merger with Fiat, with the addition of becoming responsible for
RAM. On 21 July 2018 Manley was appointed CEO of
FCA, In December 2020 it was announced that Manley will lead the North American operations of
Stellantis, once the FCA-
PSA merger is finalized. He left Stellantis in September 2021 and starting November 2021 Manley began to serve as CEO of
AutoNation of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He also joined the board of the Stellantis Foundation, which manages the charity activities of Stellantis. ==Awards and honours==