YOKOHAMA, Japan (Nov. 17, 2017) – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced today that Seiji Honda, currently COO (chief operating officer) and a representative board member at JATCO Ltd., will assume the duties of CVP (corporate vice president) at Nissan as of Dec. 1, 2017.
Honda’s responsibilities will include oversight of Nissan’s production operations in Japan. In this capacity, he will report directly to Executive Vice President Fumiaki Matsumoto.
Honda joined Nissan in April 1980 and has held manufacturing positions at Nissan’s plants in Sunderland, England, as well as Tochigi and Oppama in Japan. In April 2011, he transferred to Nissan’s subsidiary JATCO, where he assumed the post of executive vice president. In February 2014, he was appointed COO and a representative board member.
Reference: Bio of Nissan CVP Seiji Honda
Date of birth: May 22, 1956
| February | 2014 | Chief operating officer and representative board member (current) |
| June | 2011 | Executive vice president and representative board member, general management of Production Division |
| April | 2011 | Executive vice president, general management of Production Division, JATCO, Ltd. |
| February | 2008 | Vice president, general manager, Oppama Plant |
| April | 2007 | General manager, Body Assembly Engineering Department |
| April | 2004 | General manager, Manufacturing Department No.1, Tochigi Plant |
| April | 2003 | Deputy general manager, Production Control and Engineering Department, Tochigi Plant |
| April | 2002 | Deputy general manager, Body Assembly Engineering Department, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. |
| April | 1996 | Seconded to Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd. |
| April | 1980 | Joined Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. |
| March | 1980 | Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University |
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