audit compliance: She began the investigation into overpayments in June, when former executive Greg Kelly said in a magazine interview that Saikawa had improperly received 47 million 439,000 in 2013. ; The latest sign of discord in the upper echelons is another headache for the automaker following the arrest of Carlos Ghosn, charged with financial crimes along with Kelly in November, according to The Japan Times. Since then, Nissan's corporate governance has come under intense scrutiny, forcing the automaker to bring in more independent directors and establish oversight committees. Christina Murray, Nissan's vice president in charge of audit and compliance, will leave the carmaker as soon as Sept. 10, said the sources, who asked not to be identified because the information isn't public. Murray, who has been at Nissan since joining the company's U.S. operations in 2006, didn't immediately return requests seeking comment. Saikawa told reporters in Japan on Thursday that he and several other Nissan executives received excess compensation. Koji Okuda, a spokesman for Yokohama-based Nissan, declined to comment.
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