Senior Management Changes at Nissan North America

Nissan North America, Inc. today announced two important changes to the leadership of the sales and marketing functions and engineering functions.

Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing Mark McNabb has decided to leave the company for personal reasons. Brian Carolin, currently senior vice president, Sales and Marketing, Nissan Europe, will succeed McNabb and be based at the company's headquarters in Nashville, Tenn.

Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, currently president, Nissan Technical Center North America (NTCNA) will be promoted to a soon-to-be-announced senior position at Nissan's global headquarters in Tokyo. Motohiro Matsumura, currently general manager, vehicle test department, Nissan Technical Center based in Japan, will succeed Yamaguchi as president of Nissan's North American engineering organization in Farmington Hills, Mich.

The changes are effective April 1.

"We regret but respect Mark's decision to leave the company and thank him for his contributions over the previous 20 years to Nissan's success in North America," said Hiroto Saikawa, Executive Vice President, Purchasing, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., and Chairman of the Management Committee-Americas. "I have enjoyed a long working relationship with Brian Carolin and have every confidence that he will provide strong leadership and a smooth transition over the coming months.

"I would also like to wish all the best to Yamaguchi-san and welcome Matsumura-san to his new assignment," Saikawa added.

In 1984, Carolin joined Nissan in the U.K. During his career there and more recently in Nissan Europe, he has held leadership positions in human resources, purchasing, product planning, and sales and marketing. Carolin was appointed to his current position in January 2005.

Matsumura joined Nissan 26 years ago. During his career, he held several positions in technology and engineering development operations including powertrain development engineering and vehicle testing. Matsumura has been in his current position since April 2007. From 2001 to 2003, he worked at NTCNA as a development engineer.

In North America, Nissan's operations include automotive styling, design, engineering, consumer and corporate financing, sales and marketing, distribution and manufacturing. More information about Nissan in North America and the complete line of Nissan and Infiniti vehicles can be found online at www.NissanUSA.com and www.infiniti.com.