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Sunday, January 23, 2011

Renault's Ghosn says internal spying probe was legal

Renault had taken legal steps against three of its executives on charges of  leaking company information.

The three executives are Michel Balthazard, former vice president of advanced engineering at Renault, and his deputy Bertrand Rochette, as well as the former deputy director of the electric vehicles program, Matthieu Tenenbaum.

As per a Reuters report : 
"Renault's Ghosn says internal spying probe was legal"

Carlos Ghosn has claimed that the investigations done were legal and that any action taken against the concerned persons was done with due process. Ghosn said, "I personally followed the progress of this process step by step."

For a full report please click the above link.

Carlos Ghosn, is a Lebanese Brazilian-born businessman. He is the current CEO and President of Renault of France and Nissan of Japan. He was voted Man of the Year 2003 by Fortune magazine's Asian edition and is also on the board of Alcoa, Sony, and IBM. Ghosn became CEO of Renault, in 2005, succeeding Louis Schweitzer, while remaining CEO of Nissan as well. In 2004 he was added to the Japan Automotive Hall of Fame.

Ghosn joined Nissan as its chief operating officer in June 1999, became its president in June 2000 and was named chief executive officer in June 2001. His turnaround of Nissan has gained him celebrity status in Japan, where he has published books and even has a manga character based on him.

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