Ashwani Gupta Exits After Cleaning Up Ghosn’s Mess
“Nissan has announced that its Chief Operating Officer (COO), Ashwani Gupta, will be departing from the company on June 27 in order to pursue other opportunities,” the company said on June 16. Furthermore, Gupta will be retiring from the board of directors. As a result, Nissan is now readying for the upcoming management changes.
Among the trio of executives appointed to rectify the situation bequest by Carlos Ghosn in 2018, Gupta is among them. With his exit, this will leave CEO Makoto Uchida the sole one at the helm of the car manufacturer. Jun Seki, who joined the third major chief executive, stepped down soon after assuming the position.
Despite Gupta’s attempts, Nissan has yet to attain production figures and revenue levels comparable to the period during Ghosn’s direction. The Pandemic of COVID-19 combined with a worldwide semiconductor scarcity has hit hard, affecting not merely Nissan but the entire planet. Deferral in the debuts of new models like the electrifying Ariya and the new Nissan Z have been registered, too.
Gupta’s leaving emerges in a pivotal period for the car manufacturer as it attempts to reinforce its revival and direct its partnership with Renault.
Nonetheless, inside documents allude to a disagreement between Gupta and Uchida, suggesting that the former is pursuing aspirations to supersede the latter. In addition, an article from The Financial Times deepens the puzzlement, concluding that due to several dissenting remarks against Gupta from within the company, Nissan’s audit panel started research on the issue resulting in him leaving.
Ashwani Gupta, commencing his tenure in 2006 with Renault, and presently functioning as Nissan’s COO since December 2019, has undertaken an essential role in formulating and executing the Nissan NEXT transformation blueprint, endeavoring to construct a secure substructure for the progress of the organization.
Since then, the firm has devoted itself to introducing 19 electric vehicles within the upcoming seven years with Gupta in control. He is also responsible for establishing the beyond-reach aspiration of the corporation to make EVs more affordable by 2026.
On the twenty-seventh of June, Nissan will be publicly divulging their fresh administration team.
