Nissan board picks new director: Jean-Dominique Senard

Tokyo: Nissan’s board has chosen as a director Jean-Dominique Senard, who was recently appointed chairman at the Japanese automaker’s alliance partner Renault SA. Nissan Motor Co. said in a statement that its board decided Tuesday to hold an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting on April 8, to remove its former chairman, Carlos Ghosn. Earlier, he also was […]

Nissan taps new Renault boss to replace Ghosn on board

TOKYO: Japan’s Nissan said on Tuesday that its board has nominated the new boss of Renault to replace Carlos Ghosn, who is in detention facing charges of financial misconduct. The decision to turn over Ghosn’s board seat to Jean-Dominique Senard must still be ratified by shareholders, and the company said it had set an April […]

SoftBank Corp books quarterly profit jump

TOKYO: Japan’s SoftBank Corp booked a 24 per cent rise in quarterly profit on Tuesday as users switched to data-heavy plans, pinning future growth on the rise of 5G services in the mobile carrier’s first earnings report as a public company. With concerns over a changing mobile market keeping its shares below their blockbuster IPO […]