The empty chief operating officer job left by Ashwani Gupta’s resignation won’t be filled, according to Nissan Motor Co.’s announcement. 

Nissan is an automotive manufacturer. Nissan Motor Co Ltd. It handles the development, manufacture, and marketing of automotive goods. Sedans, small cars, SUVs, sports cars, minivans, kei cars, light commercial vehicles, and associated components are among the company’s product offerings. 

Nissan, Infiniti, Datsun, Nissan Crossing, Nissan Heritage, and Motorsports are just a few of the car brands the firm sells. Nissan also offers vehicle finance, non-life insurance, credit card, and leasing services. 

Through a network of retail locations across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas, the corporation offers its goods and services. The headquarters of Nissan are in Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ku, Japan.

The Japanese carmaker said on Wednesday that other executives would assume the duties formerly held by the operations head.

On June 16, Gupta made his resignation public. He was a member of an executive trio that was introduced in October 2019 as the business battled to get back on track after the arrest of former CEO Carlos Ghosn.

According to the company’s official statement, Gupta had “elected to leave the company to pursue other opportunities effective June 27“, without detailing the reasons for his departure. His last day at Nissan was Tuesday.

The executive vice president in charge of manufacturing and supply chain management, Hideyuki Sakamoto, will be in charge of buying. Stephen Ma, chief financial officer, will assume responsibility for operational performance.

According to Reuters, the No. 3 carmaker in Japan is looking into claims that Uchida surveilled Gupta.

Nissan is now negotiating the details of a comprehensive reset of its long-standing partnership with Renault SA.

According to persons familiar with the discussions, Gupta and Uchida had a disagreement over Uchida’s eagerness to fast conclude the talks with Renault and Gupta’s insistence on exercising greater prudence while negotiating the parameters of the agreement.