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Nissan announces regular seniormanagement appointments

YOKOHAMA, Japan – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced senior management appointments, effective April 1, 2019. The appointments cover the positions of senior vice president (SVP), corporate vice president (CVP) and vice president (VP), and include changes to areas of responsibility. Further changes are planned for separate announcement following consideration of recommendations made by the Special Committee for Improving Governance.

Corporate officer appointments and areas of responsibility

Jose Luis Valls(No change)SVP・MC NA, chairman
・Nissan North America, Inc., president
・MC LATAM, chairman
・MC NA, vice chairman 
Yusuke TakahashiSVPCVPGlobal HR, Organization Development, SecretariatGlobal HR Planning and Japan HR, Secretariat
Kent O’HaraSVPCVP(No change)Global Aftersales
Seiji HondaSVPCVP(No change)Manufacturing Operations
Christian Meunier*CVPIML
President
(No change)・MC Infiniti, chairman
・Infiniti Motor Company, Ltd., president
Kazuhiko Murata*CVPVP・Powertrain Production Engineering
・Alliance Global VP
Yokohama Plant, plant manager
Takeshi Yamaguchi*CVPNNA
SVP
・Customer Performance&CAE / Test Engineering
・Alliance Global VP
R&D Nissan Americas, SVP

*Newly appointed

Newly appointed VPs and areas of responsibility

Francois BaillyVPNissan LCVProgram Director, Alliance LCV
Program Management
Osamu GotoVPGovernment Affairs, IP PromotionSenior advisor
Yasuhiko ObataVPOppama Plant, plant managerMFG&SC ASEAN
Alliance RSVP
Guy RodriguezVPMC LATAM, chairmanM&S LATAM, divisional VP
Tamiyo WadaVPYokohama Plant, plant managerVehicle Production Engineering
Alliance Global Director

Corporate officers and VPs leaving the company

Denis Le Vot (SVP)Return to Renault as of April 1, 2019
Hiroshi Nagaoka (CVP)Transfer to Mitsubishi Motors Corporation as of April 1, 2019
Atsuhiko Hayakawa (VP)Transfer to Nissan Kohki Co., Ltd. as of April 1, 2019
Shoichi Matsumoto (VP)Transfer to Envision AESC Japan Co., Ltd. as of April 1, 2019
Toru Takahashi (VP)Transfer to Nissan Creative Services Co., Ltd. as of April 1, 2019
Osamu Hashimoto (VP)Transfer to Nissan Automotive Technology Co., Ltd. as of April 1, 2019
Arun Bajaj (SVP)Leave the company as of March 11, 2019
Hiroaki Ishii (VP)Leave the company as of March 31, 2019

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