Automakers

New Nissan CEO faces fury from investors

CEO Makoto Uchida: “We are going to reduce our expenses in North America with no taboos.”
February 24, 2020 05:00 AM

YOKOHAMA, Japan — The ink is still wet on his contract as CEO of Nissan Motor Co. But last week Makoto Uchida faced furious investors for the first time in a trial-by-fire shareholders' meeting that exposed discord over everything from the carmaker's plunging share price and canceled dividend to its slow-going revival.

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