Nissan's ‘CEO Whisperer’ Greg Kelly Ponders Fate From Tokyo Jail
- Close confidante to Ghosn stands accused of being a criminal
- Kelly believes actions were legal and appropriate, lawyer says
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Inside Nissan Motor Co. he was known as the CEO whisperer: The chief of staff who would deliver the most delicate messages to Carlos Ghosn, and the man Ghosn would count on to enforce his directives.
Today, Greg Kelly is locked up in a small Tokyo jail cell with a toilet and wash basin, cut off from Ghosn and barely able to speak with his own lawyers. Kelly, the only American to serve on Nissan’s board, was arrested on Nov. 19, along with Ghosn, both on suspicion of financial misconduct. Nissan has called Kelly a mastermind of a criminal plot to under-report his boss’s income.