Nissan investigates claims CEO put COO Gupta under surveillance

Nissan Gupta Sunderland 2021 rtrs_0.jpg — Gupta, who was a potential candidate to become Nissan's CEO, questioned the terms of the revised Renault-Nissan alliance. He is pictured visiting Nissan's U.K. plant in Sunderland in 2021. (Phil Noble/REUTERS)

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Reuters

June 24, 2023 07:42 AM

TOKYO -- Nissan Motor Co. has started an investigation into claims by a senior adviser that CEO Makoto Uchida carried out surveillance of his deputy Ashwani Gupta, four people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

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