Executives

Biography

Mitsuhiko Yamashita was born in April 1953 and studied at MIT, Advanced Research in June 1983, after graduating from Kyoto University in March with a Master Degree of Aeronautical Engineering in March 1979.

He joined Nissan Motor in April 1979 and has been transferred in June 1996 to Nissan Research & Development, Inc. In May 2000, he became Senior Manager at Vehicle Design Engineering Dept. No. 1. Mitsuhiko Yamashita was then appointed General Manager of the Vehicle Design Engineering Dept. No. 1 in February 2001 before being transferred to Nissan Technical Center North America Inc. in April 2002.

Two years later in April 2004, he became Senior Vice President in charge of Environmental and Safety Engineering Dept., Technology Planning Dept., Materials Engineering Dept., Measurement Engineering Dept., Advanced Vehicle Engineering Div. and Electronics Engineering Div.

He was appointed Executive Vice President supervising Research, Technology and Engineering in April 2005. In addition, Mitsuhiko Yamashita joined the Board of Directors in June 2005 and supervised Research and Development since April 2006.

From April 2007, he is also in charge of TCSX (Total Customer Satisfaction Function).