Your browser does not support the audio element. Nissan president and CEO Makoto Uchida will be replaced by Ivan Espinosa on April 1 as part of a wide-reaching ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Nissan Chief Executive Makoto Uchida speaks during a joint news conference in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Dec. 23 ...

Ivan Espinosa, currently Nissan’s chief planning officer, is taking over the roles of president and CEO from Makoto Uchida. Espinosa joined the automaker in 2003 as a product specialist at the ...

Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday it has appointed Chief Planning Officer Ivan Espinosa as CEO, replacing Makoto Uchida, as the ailing automaker seeks to revive its business under new leadership after the ...

Makoto Uchida was sacked by Nissan on Tuesday after the brand failed to secure a merger with Honda that would have ensured its survival. The company announced Uchida’s exit at the same time the ...

Uchida will remain on the board of directors until Nissan’s upcoming general shareholders' meeting, but the leadership change comes after significant speculation surrounding his future with the ...

Nissan on Tuesday named chief planning officer Ivan Espinosa to take the helm from April 1, marking the end to weeks of speculation over who would succeed Makoto Uchida as leader of the troubled ...

Nissan announced that Ivan Espinosa will take over as chief planning officer from April 1, succeeding Makoto Uchida. Uchida steps down amid pressure from declining earnings and failed merger talks ...

Nissan Motor Co. announced Tuesday that Ivan Espinosa, who is currently serving as chief planning officer, will replace Makoto Uchida as president and CEO of the company from April 1. The decision was ...

As part of Uchida's efforts to turn around Japan's No. 3 automaker, he announced in November plans for thousands of job cuts and reductions in production capacity. Nissan's board of directors will ...

The rumors flying last week that Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida had one foot out the door have come true. On Tuesday, the Yokohama, Japan-based automaker announced the resignation of Uchida in the same ...

That said, Uchida acknowledged that since unveiling his turnaround plan last fall, both internal and external critics have questioned his leadership. “The top priority of Nissan today is to ...