Representatives of Nissan in the Board of Directors

Representatives of Nissan in the Board of Directors

Boulogne-Billancourt, on March 24^th, 2025 – Further to Nissan’s announcement on March 11^th, 2025 of the new position to be held by Manabu Sakane as from April 1^st, 2025, Nissan has decided to propose Pierre Loing as a candidate in place of Manabu Sakane at the General Shareholders’ Meeting on April 30^th, 2025.

Consequently, the Board of Directors will submit to the vote of the General Meeting, on the proposal of Nissan, the appointment of Michelle Baron and Pierre Loing as directors for a period of four years, replacing Yu Serizawa, whose term expires, and Joji Tagawa, who has decided to end his term early.

Biography:

Pierre Loing is Director Global Special Projects since 2025, based in Nissan North America, Inc. He began his career in Renault Germany in 1988. He joined Renault Product Planning in 1990 and was then sent on assignment to Volvo USA in 1992. Pierre Loing was the Renault Product negotiator in 1998/99 during the Renault – Nissan discussions leading to the Alliance. He joined Nissan in Japan in 1999 and held several Product Planning leadership positions at first in Japan, then in Europe and in the US. During that time, he reorganized the European lineup with Qashqai and Juke and managed the launch of the 100% electric Leaf for which he was awarded a Nissan President’s Award as well as the prestigious Automotive News Eurostar. In January 2016, he returned to Nissan HQ as Division General Manager of Global Product Marketing with added responsibility of Global Motorsports in 2019. He became Global Vice President of Product Planning in 2020 in charge of Nissan and Infiniti portfolio worldwide. As from April 2025, he will be Director Global Special Projects, based in Nissan North America, Inc. A French national, Pierre Loing holds a masters degree in International Marketing from NEOMA Business School. He completed an Executive MBA Program at INSEAD in 1992.

About Renault Group
Renault Group is at the forefront of a mobility that is reinventing itself. The Group relies on the complementarity of its 4 brands – Renault – Dacia – Alpine and Mobilize – and offers sustainable and innovative mobility solutions to its customers. Established in 114 countries, Renault Group sold 2.265 million vehicles in 2024. It employs more than 98,000 people who embody its Purpose every day, so that mobility brings people closer.
Ready to pursue challenges both on the road and in competition, the Group is committed to an ambitious and value-generating transformation focused on the development of new technologies and services, and a new range of even more competitive, balanced, and electrified vehicles. In line with environmental challenges, the Group’s ambition is to achieve carbon neutrality in Europe by 2040.

https://www.renaultgroup.com/en/

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