当地时间2月22日，日产汽车公司宣布，西川广人(Hiroto Saikawa)将自2017年4月1日起担任日产汽车首席执行官。卡洛斯?戈恩虽不再担任首席执行官，但是将继续担任日产汽车董事会主席，2017年6月召开的股东大会将决定戈恩是否继续担任下一届董事会主席。日产指出，此次人事任命决定是在戈恩和日产公司董事会的建议下做出的，是在雷诺日产三菱联盟建立后一次有计划的人事调整。作为雷诺集团首席执行官和联盟三家成员公司的主席，戈恩希望今后更加关注联盟的扩大与管理。为了更好地履行雷诺-日产-三菱联盟主席和首席执行官的责任，戈恩将集中精力帮助联盟成员充分利用机会。西川广人现任日产公司联合首席执行官和代表董事。2013年4月至2016年10月，西川担任日产首席执行官。他于1977年加入日产，1999年至今在日产担任过多个高管职位，包括日产欧洲和美洲地区的管理委员会主席以及采购部执行副总裁。除在日产汽车担任要职之外，他还任日本汽车工业协会会长。2006年至2016年之间，他曾是雷诺汽车董事会成员。
Nissan CEO Ghosn steps down to focus on Mitsubishi
The Nissan Board of Directors has decided to replace Carlos Ghosn as CEO of the company with Hiroto Saikawa. The decision was recommended and supported by Ghosn who will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors, seeking a renewal of his mandate at the company's general shareholders meeting later this year. He will also keep his position as CEO of Renault and the Renault-Nissan Alliance.
“As Nissan’s Chairman, I will continue to supervise and guide the company, both independently and within the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance,” Ghosn said in an official statement released by Nissan. “This planned change will also allow me to devote more time and energy to managing the strategic and operational evolution and expansion of the Alliance and ensuring that all its members benefit from the competitive advantages that its scale will deliver.”
In other words, Ghosn will focus on his work with Mitsubishi, which was acquired by Nissan last year. The alliance is now the fourth largest manufacturer in the world and will continue to recover and develop Mitsubishi as a successful brand. Ghosn joined Nissan in 1999 after several years at PSA Group. Two years later, he became CEO of the Japanese company and saved it from bankruptcy.
Ghosn replacement, 63-year-old Hiroto Saikawa, currently serves as co-CEO of Nissan and will take control of the company on April 1. He will be in charge of drawing the next mid-term plan for the brand, which is expected to be revealed later this year. The current mid-term roadmap, known as the Power 88, officially ends on March 31, when results of it will be rated.
Saikawa joined Nissan 40 years ago and since 1999 served in a variety of senior management positions in the company. He was also a member of the board of directors of Renault between 2006 and 2016.