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Nissan Announces Senior Management Appointments

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. has announced senior management appointments, aimed to further the automaker’s NEXT business transformation plan.

In a statement released on Wednesday, Nissan says the new appointment would also support its progress towards profitability and its pursuit of new innovation-driven opportunities accelerating the pathway to electrified future and carbon neutrality.

According to Nissan, effective April 1, 2021, Stephen Ma will assume responsibility for Investor Relations, previously under Joji Tagawa’s senior vice president (SVP) and chief sustainability officer. Ma will hold this new position in addition to his current role as a chief financial officer.

Guillaume Cartier, currently vice-chairperson and SVP of marketing and sales of the AMIEO region (Africa, Middle East, India, Europe & Oceania) & president for AMI, will assume the role of chairperson of AMIEO replacing Gianluca de Ficchy. Cartier will report to the vice-chief performance officer and chief quality officer, Christian Vandenhende.

De Ficchy takes on a new senior role within the Alliance which is a subject of separate release.

Jeremie Papin, currently vice-chairperson of the management committee and chief financial officer for North America, is promoted as SVP & chairperson for Americas.

Leon Dorssers, currently SVP in charge of Global Sales, Customer Quality, Dealer Network, and Product Marketing, will be SVP and regional SVP of marketing and sales of AMIEO replacing Cartier. He will continue to hold his current responsibilities till his successor is announced. Dorssers will report to Cartier.

Atul Pasricha, SVP will be in charge of Product Program Profitability Management, Global R&D Control, M&A and Partnership Finance, and Alliance Costing Organization. Pasricha will report to Ma.

Yasuhiko Obata, who is VP in charge of Oppama Plant, will be promoted as SVP in charge of Japan-ASEAN Manufacturing, SCM Operation Division, and Global Operation Management. Obata will report to EVP Sakamoto. Seiji Honda, currently SVP in charge of Japan Manufacturing and SCM Operation Division, will be appointed to a leadership position within the Nissan Group.

Hiroki Hasegawa, currently CVP and Alliance global VP, will be promoted to SVP and Alliance SVP, Purchasing. Hasegawa will have dual reporting to the chief operating officer, Ashwani Gupta and Alliance EVP Purchasing.

Manabu Sakane, currently vice president (VP) in charge of Corporate Governance and Corporate Management, and the BOD office is appointed as CVP and Alliance global VP of Purchasing. Sakane will report to Hasegawa. Yoshihiro Kawai, currently VP of Purchasing will leave Nissan as of March 31, 2021.

Carlos Servin, CVP in charge of Global Revenue Control and Regions’ Performance Optimization will assume additional responsibility for Global Monozukuri and CAPEX Control previously under Atul. Servin will report to Ma.

Naoya Fujimoto, a corporate officer in charge of product development for Engineering at Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, is appointed CVP and Alliance global VP in charge of customer performance & CAE (Computer-Aided Engineering) and Test Engineering replacing Takeshi Yamaguchi. Fujimoto will report to Kunio Nakaguro, EVP.

Yamaguchi, currently CVP and Alliance global VP in charge of customer performance & CAE (Computer-Aided Engineering) and Test Engineering, will assume a new position as CVP for special projects reporting to COO Gupta.

Hideki Kimata, currently VP in charge of corporate strategy, is appointed as VP, president of Nissan (China) Investment Co., Ltd. (NCIC) replacing Takashi Nishibayashi. Kimata will report to Shohei Yamazaki, SVP & chairperson of the China region. Nishibayashi will be retired and transferred to an advisor position for China.

Eiji Kikuchi, currently Alliance global director for Vehicle Production Engineering in Manufacturing & SCM, is appointed VP in charge of Tochigi Plant replacing Takuya Nakamura. Kikuchi will report to Obata. Nakamura will be appointed to a leadership position within the Nissan Group.

Takuji Hisamatsu, currently regional VP of Monozukuri AMI, is appointed VP in charge of Oppama Plant. Hisamatsu will report to Obata.

Toru Ihara, currently CVP in charge of Japan HR, Diversity Development, Global Strategic Workforce Planning, Global Compensation & Benefits, Secretariat, is appointed as Acting Head of HR, CVP, Diversity Development, Organization Development and Secretariat. He will report to CEO Makoto Uchida. Yusuke Takahashi, currently SVP in charge of global HR, will be retired as of March 31, 2021.

“With these moves,” it noted, “Nissan will continue to strengthen its global and regional integration, become more competitive by improving the speed of operations and help deploy latest technologies consistently and quickly to customers the world over.”

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