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Nissan Names Mark Grimm to Regional Vice President Post for Its Northeast Region

6 March 1998

Nissan Names Mark Grimm to Regional Vice President Post for Its Northeast Region

    CARSON, Calif., March 5 -- Continuing efforts to strengthen
market standing and maintain its strong Northeast sales position, Nissan Motor
Corporation U.S.A. (NMC) has named Mark Grimm to the post of regional vice
president, Northeast Region, effective immediately.
    Grimm replaces Mike Seergy who was named vice president and general
manager of Nissan Division on February 20.  Grimm will be responsible for
managing all aspect of Nissan's Northeast regional operations, including
service, sales and parts distribution of Nissan products to 192 dealers in
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New
York, New Jersey, Delaware and Eastern Pennsylvania.
    Grimm joined Nissan in 1984 as the manager of regional business management
in Nissan's Norfolk Region.  He has held numerous management positions in the
company, including manager of field sales, assistant regional sales manager
for the company's Norfolk Region, assistant regional sales manager for
Infiniti Division, merchandising manager at NMC, regional sales manager for
Boston and dealer operations manager for the Northeast Region.  Most recently,
he held the position of assistant regional manager for Nissan's North Central
Region.
    A 20-year veteran of the automotive industry, Grimm has held several
positions at Ford Motor Company, including car merchandising manager, light
truck merchandising manager and field manager.
    Grimm holds a bachelor of arts in history from La Salle College and an MBA
in Finance from Seton Hall University.
    Nissan Motor Corporation U.S.A., which includes the Infiniti luxury
division, markets and distributes Nissan and Infiniti vehicles in the United
States.  In North America, Nissan's operations include styling, engineering,
manufacturing, sales, consumer and corporate finance and industrial and
textile equipment.  Nissan in North American employs more than 22,000 people
in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

SOURCE  Nissan Motor Corporation U.S.A.