A KEDGE graduate has been appointed Managing Director of Nissan West Europe

Nissan West Europe announced changes in its management as of 1 April. Richard TOUGERON, a graduate of KEDGE’s Business Engineer Programme (Class of 1997), advanced within the Nissan Group, eventually becoming the Managing Director of Nissan West Europe.

Until recently, Richard worked in Japan as Divisional General Manager of Customer Quality & Dealer Network Development at a global scale.

A career with Nissan:

Richard began working at Nissan in 1998 as the Sales Director of Nissan West Europe before becoming the General Manager, Dealer Network Development of Nissan Europe. After that, he became the Country Director at Nissan Belux, before moving to Japan. Find out more on motorsactu.com. (In French)

I am delighted to return to France as the Managing Director of Nissan West Europe. With the increase of the number of electric vehicles in our range, and the very exciting products news that will be coming out in the months to come, the challenges are going to be exciting. So it’s with a lot of joy, enthusiasm, and pride that I am opening this new chapter in my career with the teams of Nissan France, who are always very committed, and a highly motivated network.

An experience in Japan:

Richard was based in Japan for nearly three years. He was therefore a privileged user of the e-Power technology, which is very successful in the island nation and is at the core of Nissan's electrification strategy. Richard is eager to introduce this technology to the French market with the new QASHQAI and X-TRAIL!