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Nissan Announces Executive Changes in North America


March 2006
 Filed under: NISSAN Car News | NISSAN Headlines
Tokyo, Japan, (March 8, 2006) – Nissan today announced changes to its senior leadership team in North America, aimed at furthering the company’s drive to sustaining long term profitable growth. Related changes to specific senior positions in Nissan Europe are also announced.
“We face significant challenges in an increasingly competitive industry and it has always been the quality of our people that gave us the ultimate competitive advantage,” said Carlos Ghosn, President and CEO of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. “The new team will enhance the resources we have to take on those challenges and succeed,” Mr. Ghosn said.

Nissan North America

The following changes are effective July 1, 2006:
· Jed Connelly, Senior Vice President, sales and marketing, Nissan North America (NNA), has chosen to retire after a Nissan career that began in the late 1980s. Under the direction of Connelly, 60, combined Nissan and Infiniti vehicle sales increased more than 50 percent in the United States, Nissan’s largest market in the world.

· Succeeding Connelly will be Brad Bradshaw, currently Vice President and General Manager, Nissan Division, NNA. In his new role, Bradshaw will direct all sales, marketing and product planning activities for Nissan and Infiniti divisions.

· Jim Morton, Senior Vice President, administration and finance, NNA, will become Vice Chairman, NNA and continue his direction of Nissan’s U.S. government and community affairs activities.

· Succeeding Morton will be Dominique Thormann, currently Senior Vice President, administration and finance, Nissan Europe (NE). As SVP administration and finance at NNA, Thormann will be responsible for finance, legal, human resources, corporate planning, corporate communications, security and audit for Nissan’s North American operations. In addition, Thormann also has responsibility for the NNA sales financing affiliate Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation (NMAC).

· Doug Betts, currently Vice President, product quality, NNA is made Senior Vice President of Total Customer Satisfaction including product quality, customer satisfaction of sales and service and corporate quality assurance, NNA. This change is effective April 1st, 2006.

· Bill Bosley, currently Managing Director, Nissan Motor Great Britain, will succeed Bradshaw as Vice President, General Manager Nissan Division, and will be responsible for sales, marketing, and administration activities for NNA’s Nissan Division.

· Larry Dominique, currently Director, Product Planning, NNA is made Vice President, Product Planning, NNA responsible for advanced planning and product planning for Nissan and Infiniti vehicles. Dominique replaces Jack Collins who’s retiring.

Related changes in Nissan Europe

· Eric Nicolas, currently Director, corporate planning, business strategy and program management Office, NNA, will succeed Thormann as Senior Vice President, administration and finance, NE. Nicolas will be responsible for finance, legal, human resources, corporate communications, corporate planning, cost and profit management, organization development, audit and general affairs for Nissan’s European operations.

· Gary Frigo, now Vice President, sales operations, Nissan Europe, will succeed Bosley as Managing Director, Nissan Motors Great Britain.

“All these responsibilities are crucial to the successful fulfillment of the Nissan Value-Up business plan and our longer term success,” Mr. Ghosn said. “I would like to particularly recognize the contribution and leadership of Jed Connelly, who led the North American team through a period of unprecedented growth and profitability. I know everyone at Nissan wishes him and his family the best in the future.”

After working for Sterling Motorcars and Volkswagen of America, Connelly joined Nissan in 1989 as national direct marketing manager for Infiniti, as the luxury-car division was being launched. He served as regional general manager in the Southwest and as director of remarketing before leaving Nissan in 1994 to join Predelivery Service Corp., a vehicle processor for Ford Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motor Sales.

Connelly rejoined Nissan in 1998 as director of staff operations for Nissan Division and was promoted through the sales and marketing organization to his current position, in which he is responsible for all marketing and sales functions for Nissan and Infiniti divisions.

Source: Nissan

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