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
| Name | New Title | Current Title |
New responsibilities | Current responsibilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Luis Valls | (No change) | SVP |
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| Yusuke Takahashi | SVP | CVP | Global HR, Organization Development, Secretariat | Global HR Planning and Japan HR, Secretariat |
| Kent O’Hara | SVP | CVP | (No change) | Global Aftersales |
| Seiji Honda | SVP | CVP | (No change) | Manufacturing Operations |
| Christian Meunier* | CVP | IML President |
(No change) |
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| Kazuhiko Murata* | CVP | VP |
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Yokohama Plant, plant manager |
| Takeshi Yamaguchi* | CVP | NNA SVP |
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R&D Nissan Americas, SVP |
*Newly appointed
Newly appointed VPs and areas of responsibility
| Name | Title | New responsibilities | Current responsibilities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francois Bailly | VP | Nissan LCV | Program Director, Alliance LCV Program Management |
| Osamu Goto | VP | Government Affairs, IP Promotion | Senior advisor |
| Yasuhiko Obata | VP | Oppama Plant, plant manager | MFG&SC ASEAN Alliance RSVP |
| Guy Rodriguez | VP | MC LATAM, chairman | M&S LATAM, divisional VP |
| Tamiyo Wada | VP | Yokohama Plant, plant manager | Vehicle 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 |
SOURCE: Nissan
