For 14 years, Nissan Motor Co. CEO Carlos Ghosn has been the Japanese carmaker's foreign face. Now, after sidelining his Japanese No. 2 and reshuffling the company's top management, he says he wants a Japanese national to succeed him at the helm when the time comes.Ghosn said Nissan's diverse management is a strength unrivaled by any other carmaker. But he added it is important to reinstate a Japanese leader at the top when he eventually steps down.
"I would like when the time for a successor would come for a Japanese to head Nissan," Ghosn told Automotive News in an interview today. "It's symbolic, and we have plenty of Japanese talent. I want Nissan to be continued to be seen as a Japanese company."
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