"The new executive committee will work as a cohesive team to accelerate Nissan NEXT progress in the final year of delivery and formulate the next mid-term plan to realize Nissan’s growth plans,” said Makoto Uchida, president and chief executive officer (CEO).

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The company said Stephen Ma, chief financial officer (CFO) overseeing Finance, Control, M&A, Tax & Customs, Global IS/IT, Investor Relations, will add Operations Performance as a new area of responsibility.

Also, the chairpersons of the regional management committees (MC), Guillaume Cartier, senior vice president (SVP), MC AMIEO (Africa, Middle East, India, Europe and Oceania); Jérémie Papin, SVP, MC Americas; and Shohei Yamazaki, SVP, MC China will become members of the executive committee and will report directly to Makoto Uchida, CEO.

Hideyuki Sakamoto, executive vice president in charge of manufacturing and supply chain management, will be responsible for purchasing.