Andy is a very interesting guy and Nissan has a compelling sustainable story to tell. Here's some details on Andy, his work, his look ahead for Nissan and their many models (64 worldwide) and some background on Nissan's green initiates. It is very cool talking to the guy who knows what cars will look like, at least at Nissan, in 5 and 10 years. We are hoping they will all be hybrids if not EV's:
Andy Palmer
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Andrew Charles Palmer CMG (born June 1963) is a British born chartered engineer and businessman. Palmer is Chief Planning Officer, Executive Vice President and Member of the Executive Committee of Nissan Motor Company.[1][2] Reporting directly to Nissan's President and CEO, Carlos Ghosn, Palmer shares the Chief Operating Officer role with two Nissan executives.[3][4] Palmer also serves as Chairman of Infiniti, and as President of Nissan Motor Light Truck Co. Palmer is a member of the Board of Directors of Nissan (China) Investment Company (NCIC), and of Nissan's joint ventures with India's Ashok Leyland.[2]
Palmer started his professional career in 1983 as a Project Engineer of UK Automotive Products Limited. In 1991, he became Manual Transmission Chief Engineer of Rover Group.[6]
Palmer joined Nissan in 1991 as business administration manager at the Nissan Technical Centre Europe (NTCE), where he became Deputy Managing Director in 2001 after managing vehicle design and testing.[6][7]
In September 2002, Palmer moved to Japan, where he became Program Director for Nissan's Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs).[2]
Adding to his duties as Program Director, Palmer was named President of Nissan Motor Light Trucks Company Limited in 2003. After establishing the LCV business unit within Nissan in April 2004, Palmer was promoted in April 2005 to Corporate Vice President in charge of the unit. In February 2009, Palmer was appointed Senior Vice President, and entered Nissan’s Executive Committee. In October 2010, Palmer's responsibility was extended to include Global Marketing, Brand and Communications. In April 2011, he was named Executive Vice President.[2][7]
In his current position as Chief Planning Officer, Andy Palmer is "responsible for global product planning, global program management, global market intelligence, global IS, global Infiniti business unit, global marketing communications, global corporate planning (including OEM business), zero emission vehicle planning and strategy, global battery business unit, and global sales."[
Here's a link to Nissan's Green Program page:http://www.nissanusa.com/about/green-program
Some base info:
NISSAN GREEN PROGRAM
Seeking a symbiosis of people, vehicles and nature
Nissan's philosophy toward the environment, "Seeking a symbiosis of people, vehicles and nature," describes our ideal for a sustainable mobile society, now and in the future. We launched the Nissan Green Program with specific objectives to realize this goal, and we are pursuing it energetically.
Let us show you just how committed we are. At the following links, you'll learn more about our philosophy toward the environment and see what actions we're taking.
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