Top executive quits Nissan in new leadership turmoil

This news piece fails to mention NISSAN top executive Hari Nada; what about Hari Nada?

Nissan, Renault, and let's not forget Mitsubishi, is a totally dysfunctional alliance, and even after more than 20 years, has not been able to integrate its operations in Japan, with HQ, vendors and supplies unable to communicate and often work at cross-purposes.

The bloated executive floor at the Yokohama HQ is unable to work effectively, and now Carlos Ghosn is out of the picture, has no-one to blame but itself.

Wasn't Gupta one of the primary instigators of Ghosn's ouster and arrest? I guess his little coup didn't work out as he had hoped.

This news piece fails to mention NISSAN top executive Hari Nada; what about Hari Nada?

Isn't he just one of many Senior Vice Presidents at the company?

https://www.nissan-global.com/EN/COMPANY/PROFILE/EXECUTIVE/

Wasn't Gupta one of the primary instigators of Ghosn's ouster and arrest?

Nope, that was Hari Nada..

nissan is dead business.dead brand.

You've got to have a deathwish to want to take an executive job at Nissan as a foreigner. They're hand in hand with yakuza, controlling the police and justice system and capable of inventing charges against any gaijin there - foreigners are indeed in great danger. Renault would do a lot of good by bankrupting the company and firing all the "old-boy" Japanese executives there, starting up with a clean slate, in my honest opinnion.

A big thank you to the previous posters for your excellent comment contributions; [I followed the Ghosn story from the start] and the link from JT poster 'albaleo' was most particularly salient...!

Nissan is just rotten to the very core!

Gives creedence Ghosn's version of events...but if you researched a bit on Nissan and its involvement in WWII (i.e. using Chinese and Koreans as working slaves) you would have known all along.

I would not take a NISSAN car even if given for free and all the maintenance and cost paid for 5 years.

What a stink of a company with ledaership from the typewriters era.

Slowly and surly Uchida is taking over Nissan as planed all along since the falls allegations against  Ghosn was fabricated.

Once upon a time there was a Japanese auto maker called Datsun, then Nissan, then sayonara.

I bet Ghosn is laughing at this news! Karma for Nissan.

It is good that he is departing otherwise there is a pretty good chance he might end up just like Ghosn!!! Nissan can't be trusted!!!!

What a shabby and contaminated company and brand Nissan is.

Maybe he heard some made up charges are being cooked for him by Tokyo prosecutors. Better safe than sorry. Only Ghosn can pay to be extracted away from Japan Injustice System.

So many neo-conservatives supporting Nissan here when it's obvious from this article how atrocious it is.

Facts mean nothing, whether it be Nissan or geopolitics, just your biased view and strength in numbers where have we seen that before lol

You've got to have a deathwish to want to take an executive job at Nissan as a foreigner. They're hand in hand with yakuza, controlling the police and justice system and capable of inventing charges against any gaijin there - foreigners are indeed in great danger. Renault would do a lot of good by bankrupting the company and firing all the "old-boy" Japanese executives there, starting up with a clean slate, in my honest opinnion.

Basically right.

Renault does not need to do anything. Just separate from Nissan and let them go. The rest will be done by market and time.

better to leave than have your rival get the police to put you in jail for a year without charge

Of course. When foreign managers become successful the Japanese feel threatened, frustrated and insulted. Ghosn the obvious example. I was also bullied out of the country by immigration, pension,tax and health authorities no doubt pressured by Dentsu.

Board: We are having problems. What do we do?

Japanese Execs: Ditch the gaijin CEO.

Board: Great idea. Next point of business ...

The newspaper also said Gupta faced "multiple internal complaints", though it did not detail their contents.

Nissan said Thursday that "independent third parties have been retained to verify facts, and carry on appropriate actions", but declined to comment further.

If Mr. Gupta is smart he will be on an airplane departing Japan.

I cannot help but gloat, when any misfortune happens to Nissan. Karma at it's best.

If Renault has merged with Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors, the new company would have rivaled both Tesla and BYD now.

Nevertheless, Japanese ultranationalists take over and keep the myth of Japanese exceptionalism alive. Let's not forget that these same people don't have any problem with Chinese and other Asians buying Japanese businesses. What a double standard!

Nissan, what are you doing?

Clearly nobody commenting here knows anything about the auto industry or Nissan. As a stockholder, I can assure you Nissan is solid. This is just sensationalism. So what if the Indian gentleman didn't get a promotion. Boo hoo. Japanese management knows Japan better. Nissan gave us the Skyline, Cedric and Bluebird --- all iconic vehicles. Toyota can't even beat Ferrari in a race. Nissan will be #1. Their numbers lol great and their designs are far superior to other Japanese and foreign makers. Mark my words. Nissan will overtake Toyota.

. Nissan gave us the Skyline, Cedric and Bluebird

The Cedric? A taxicab? The Checker Marathon of Asia, lol. Some even looked like a small Checker Marathon. I saw and rode in what I think was the Y-30 version and the bench seats, three speed column shift and wheezy six banger sucking hungrily through what sounded like a small one barrel carb reminded more of a Chevy Nova or Dodge Dart, reliable maybe but boooorrrring. The drivers there would get rolling in first, skip second and clank it right into third, you could just about count each piston going up and down; chug - chug- chug - chug - chug . What a pile.

Mr Nada and Nagai san are snakes who'd bite his own mother. How can they degrade and embarass Nissan. Looks like they have a serious governance problem and what Mr Passi said is indeed correct.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MogExZ9NBVI

When will this rot at Nissan stop?

wow - nada and Nagai still active at Nissan according to FT. Looks like Passi highlighted the truth years ago - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MogExZ9NBVI!

Come on Nissan sort yourselves out.

To get to this position with luck. However, the luck ran out. Anyway, he pocketed huge amount of money during 4 years as COO. Together with retirement fee, it should be over 20 M USD. Imagine he made 200-300K 5 years ago and only around 30-40K when joining Renault in 2006. He should be over the moon by now.