The group japanese car Nissan held Tuesday afternoon a board of directors, in which shall be designated as a new director on a proposal from its French ally Renault, said on Monday the japanese press. The new president of Renault, Jean-Dominique Senard, should be chosen in replacement of Carlos Ghosn, the nomination shall be effective only after approval by the shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting to be held in April.
on this occasion, the shareholders will also be called upon to vote on the dismissal of Carlos Ghosn and his right arm Greg Kelly. Both dismissed from their positions at Nissan soon after their arrest on 19 November in Tokyo, on suspicion of embezzlement, they keep their as directors until the general assembly has not recognised their eviction. The current boss executive of Nissan, Hiroto Saikawa, had shown himself well disposed towards Jean-Dominique Senard at a recent press conference, seeing it as “a man with whom one can discuss”.
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relations are strained between Nissan and its biggest shareholder Renault since the arrest of Carlos Ghosn in the wake of an internal investigation of the japanese manufacturer, which has passed the elements to justice, and denouncing the actions as “serious”. In an interview Thursday at l ‘AFP, , Carlos Ghosn had denounced “a trap”, saying the victim of a “betrayal”.
Renault has not fired Carlos Ghosn even after his indictment in Japan. But the leader of the franco-lebanese-brazilian has decided to resign from his position as CEO after being denied on several occasions a bail. In the aftermath, Jean-Dominique Senard, the boss of Michelin, has been elected president of Renault and Thierry Bolloré appointed director-general.
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