Nissan shareholders vote to oust Ghosn as director - GulfToday

Nissan shareholders vote to oust Ghosn as director

  • 08 Apr 2019
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Former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn leaves his lawyer's office in Tokyo, Japan. File photo/Reuters

Nissan Motor Co shareholders voted former chairman Carlos Ghosn out as a director on Monday, severing his last ties with the automaker.

Shareholders at the emergency meeting also voted out another director, Greg Kelly, and voted in favour of making Renault Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard as a director, according to announcements made at the meeting.

Reuters

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