Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.

Carlos Ghosn is the president and chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., a global automotive company with 180,000 employees and $83 billion in revenue. Mr. Ghosn joined the company as its chief operating officer in June 1999, became its president in June 2000 and was named chief executive officer in June 2001. In May 2005, Mr. Ghosn was named president and chief executive officer of Renault S.A. in addition to his current responsibilities at Nissan. As head of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, Mr. Ghosn is responsible for two separate companies with combined annual global sales of 6.1 million vehicles. Prior to joining Nissan, Mr. Ghosn served as executive vice president of the Renault Group, a position he had held since December 1996. In addition to supervising Renault activities in the Mercosur, he was responsible for advanced research, car engineering and development, car manufacturing, powertrain operations and purchasing. Before he joined Renault, Mr. Ghosn had worked with Michelin for 18 years. As chairman and chief executive officer of Michelin North America, Mr. Ghosn presided over the restructuring of the company after its acquisition of the Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company in 1990. Previously, Mr. Ghosn had worked as the chief operating officer of Michelin's South American activities based in Brazil; as head of research and development for industrial tires in Ladoux, France; and as plant manager in Le Puy, France. Mr. Ghosn currently serves on the board of directors of Alcoa. Mr. Ghosn was born in Brazil on March 9, 1954. He graduated with engineering degrees from École Polytechnique in 1974 and from École des Mines de Paris in 1978. He and his wife, Rita, have four children.

Toshiyuki Shiga is the chief operating officer of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (NML), where he is responsible for Global Sales and Marketing, Human Resources, Treasury and Quality. He is also chairman of Management Committee of Japan (MC-J) and Management Committee of General Overseas Market (MC-GOM). Before assuming his current position in 2005, Shiga acted as senior vice president in charge of the general overseas market (GOM) Sales & Marketing division. Since joining NML in 1976, Shiga has held a number of positions in Sales operation in Asia and Corporate Planning. Shiga holds a degree from the faculty of economics at Osaka Prefecture University.

Carlos Tavares is executive vice president and a member of the Board of Directors of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. He also serves as chairman of the Management Committee-Americas (MC-A). As MC-A chairman, Tavares oversees Nissan’s operations in North, Central and South America, including Manufacturing, Engineering, Design, Sales and Marketing, Administration and Finance. Before assuming his current responsibilities, he supervised a number of functions globally, including Corporate Planning, Product Planning, Design, Brand Management, Market Intelligence, Control and the Infiniti and Light Commercial Vehicle businesses. Tavares joined Nissan in April 2004 as a program director. Later that year, he was appointed vice president of Product Strategy and Product Planning. In 2005, he was named executive vice president and elected as a member of the Board of Directors. Tavares came to Nissan from its Alliance partner Renault, where he spent 23 years in engineering and program-management roles, including program director for C-segment cars. Tavares graduated from the Ecole Centrale de Paris in 1981 with a degree in engineering. Outside of work, Tavares is a sports car enthusiast and participates in racing events around the world. Tavares, a Portuguese national, resides in Nashville, Tenn., and Tokyo, Japan.