Nissan India overhauls senior management; changes effective Oct 1

Jerome Saigot will now be responsible for sales and marketing for both Nissan and Datsun brands of the company

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

Nissan Motor India Pvt Ltd

Nissan Motor Pvt Ltd (NMIPL) on Monday announced senior management changes with current Managing Director being assigned the role of corporate advisor.

He will report to Peyman Kargar, Chairman of Nissan's Africa, Middle East and (AMI) region and interim president of Operations, and to Thomas Kuehl, incoming President of Operations, effective October 1, 2017, the company said in a statement.

Besides, it said, NIMPL Vice President, Marketing and Business Unit, Jerome Saigot will now be responsible for sales and marketing for both Nissan and brands of the company.

Under the new structure, Saigot will report to Kuehl and will continue to be based at NMIPL's office in Gurugram, the company added.

NIMPL further said Peter Clissold, currently, General Manager, Marketing, AMI (Africa, Middle East region) will take up the role of Vice President, Marketing in the company/

He will be responsible for both Nissan and brands in and will report to Saigot.

All the changes in the senior management team will be effective October 1, the statement said.

Kargar said, "We expect these appointments will bring the right balance of experience and new thinking to accelerate our momentum as we strive to achieve our ambitions for the Indian market.

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First Published: Mon, September 25 2017. 17:40 IST