• February 6, 2010

Nissan will get new North American marketing leadership as part of a series of changes the Yokohama, Japan-based company has planned.

Effective April 1, Christian Meunier, VP/Nissan Marketing for Nissan North America will transfer to Nissan Brazil at Curitiba. Meunier's successor will be announced later. In the interim, Brian Carolin, SVP, sales and marketing, NNA, will directly oversee the marketing function for Nissan, per the company.

Takashi Sakagami, general manager, corporate planning for Nissan Motor Co., will be general manager, of Nissan's zero-emission businesses, based at Nissan global headquarters. --Karl Greenberg