Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> February 8, 1999
HITOSHI KAWAGUCHI is Vice President ' Corporate Strategy of Nissan
France SA. He graduated from Hitosubashi University (Japan) with a
Faculty of Economics in 1976. He joined Nissan Motor Co., a month later
and has been with the company ever since, holding several positions at
various sites throughout the world: Export administration and
coordination department- Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan (April
1976-March 1980); Assistant to president, mainly in the area of sales,
marketing, and finance/accounting-Nissan Motor Netherlands B.V., Lisse,
The Netherlands (May 1983-April 1988); Nissan's European Headquarters
establishment project leader, Overseas Operation Department-Nissan Motor
Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan (May 1988-December 1989); Manager of Business
Planning- Nissan Europe N.V., Amsterdam, the Netherlands (January 1990-
June 1994); manager of Product Planning- Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Tokyo,
Japan (July 1994-December 1996); General Manager of Marketing Strategy-
Nissan Europe N.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands (January 1997-June 1998);
and Vice President of Corporate Strategy- Nissan France S.A., Trappes,
France. Kawaguchi is married and has two children. Profile
Mr. Kawagushi: Nissan France was taken over by Nissan Europe in 1991.
Since then Nissan Europe is the main shareholder, and
