Nissan CEO to Travel to Car Alliance Meeting Amid Tensions
- Amsterdam meeting with Renault, Mitsubishi set for this week
- Arrest of Carlos Ghosn has widened rift between partners
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Hiroto Saikawa, the Nissan CEO who’s been thrust into global prominence since the arrest of Carlos Ghosn, is getting his first chance to explain the Japanese carmaker’s corporate-governance challenges to its alliance partners face-to-face.
The chief executive officer is traveling to Amsterdam for a meeting starting Tuesday of Nissan Motor Co., Renault SA and Mitsubishi Motors Corp., according to a person familiar with the plan, who asked not to be identified as the information isn’t public. The last time the carmakers met -- soon after car titan Ghosn’s arrest and ouster as Nissan’s chairman in November -- Saikawa, 65, chose to attend the gathering by video.