{"id":18211,"date":"2017-10-16T10:09:20","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T09:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=18211"},"modified":"2017-10-16T10:09:20","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T09:09:20","slug":"nissan-appoints-former-ges-expert-information-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/nissan-appoints-former-ges-expert-information-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Nissan Appoints Former GE&#8217;s IT Expert As Information Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yiv5513088404yMail_cursorElementTracker_1508135982390\">Tayo Olanipekun<\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv5513088404yMail_cursorElementTracker_1508135991364\"><\/div>\n<div>Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. has announced the appointment of Anthony Thomas as its Chief Information Officer, Global IS\/IT Nissan.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The appointment of Thomas takes effect from October 23,2017, according to a statement from Nissan today.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Before his new role, he was the Chief Information Officer at GE Global where he managed the digital and Information technology of that organisation&#8217;s markets outside the U.S. since joining in 2015.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thomas will function from the Nissan&#8217;s headquarters in Yokohama,Japan and report directly to Nissan<\/div>\n<div>CEO, Hiroto Saikawa.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Prior to joining GE Global, he held a number of key positions at companies such as Vodafone India Ltd., Citi and Ernst &amp; Young LLP.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Nissan is a global full-line vehicle manufacturer that sells more than 60 models under the Nissan, Infiniti and Datsun brands.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0In fiscal year 2015, the company sold more than 5.4 million vehicles globally, generating revenue of 12.2 trillion yen, according to the statement.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Nissan engineers, manufactures and markets the all-electric vehicle, the Nissan LEAF.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Nissan&#8217;s global headquarters in Yokohama, Japan, manages operations in six regions: ASEAN &amp; Oceania; Africa, Middle East &amp; India; China; Europe; Latin America and North America. Nissan has been partnered with French manufacturer Renault since 1999 and Mitsub.<\/div>\n<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tayo Olanipekun Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. has announced the appointment of Anthony Thomas as its Chief Information Officer, Global IS\/IT Nissan. 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