Nissan North America Names Catherine Perez Vice President of Purchasing

NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 24 -- Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) today announced the appointment of Catherine Perez as Vice President of Purchasing for Nissan North America. She will begin her new role on Sept. 1, and will report to Bill Krueger, Senior Vice President, Manufacturing, Purchasing & Supply Chain Management and Total Customer Satisfaction for the Americas.

John Miller, currently Vice President of Purchasing for Nissan North America, will assume a new role essential to the company's achievement of its new five-year plan, GT 2012. Details will be announced this summer. Miller joined NNA in 2004 and is recognized for driving numerous successes and efficiencies throughout the Purchasing organization.

Perez is currently Vice President of Purchasing Projects and General Manager of Powertrains for the Renault-Nissan Purchasing Organization (RNPO). She joined Renault SAS in 1995. Before that, Perez was with Rhone-Poulenc - a major European specialty chemical company based in France.

"Catherine has been a tremendous asset to driving momentum and synergies within the Renault-Nissan Alliance," said Krueger. "She brings extensive global experience, particularly from her work in Japan and Europe, which will make the RNPO and the Alliance even stronger."

Perez holds a master's degree in business administration from York University in Toronto and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University. She earned a Diploma in Strategy and Marketing from the Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Lyon in France.

In North America, Nissan's operations include automotive styling, engineering, consumer and corporate financing, sales and marketing, distribution and manufacturing. Nissan is dedicated to improving the environment under the Nissan Green Program 2010, whose key priorities are reducing CO2 emissions, cutting other emissions and increasing recycling.