vice coo: He will rejoin the board and replace Jun Seki, the vice chief operating officer, subject to approval at an extraordinary shareholders meeting in February. ; But Sakamoto, currently in charge of Nissan's production operations, will not become vice COO for the time being and the post will remain vacant, a Nissan spokesman said, according to The Japan Times. Sakamoto previously headed the company's research and development operations as vice president, while working at the Brazilian unit of Renault. Sakamoto was previously a director from 2014 to June of this year. The appointment comes after Nissan said this week it had accepted an offer by Seki to resign as vice COO less than a month after a new management team was launched. When Nissan announced Seki's departure on Wednesday, Nissan shares plunged 3.09 percent to 633.4 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It is widely believed Seki was in conflict with newly appointed CEO Makoto Uchida over how to deal with Nissan's largest shareholder, Renault SA of France, which had previously pushed for their merger.
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