FILE PHOTO: Chairman of Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) Sadayuki Sakakibara attends a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
TOKYO (Reuters) – Nissan Motor is considering asking ex-Toray Industries chief and Japan Inc heavyweight Sadayuki Sakakibara to chair its board meetings while leaving vacant the chairman post previously held by Carlos Ghosn, a source said on Thursday.
Japan’s No. 2 automaker is considering nominating Sakakibara, a former head of powerful business lobby Japan Business Federation, to become an external director at the general shareholders’ meeting in late June, the source, who has direct knowledge of the matter, told Reuters.
The person declined to be identified because the decision is not final.
Reporting by Maki Shiraki; Writing by Chang-Ran Kim; Editing by Stephen Coates