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He will be responsible for the operations of the Renault-Nissan Alliance factory at Oragadam near Chennai. The plant has a potential annual capacity of 480,000 units and exports to more than a hundred countries and regions, making Nissan the third biggest exporter of cars from India. The Renault-Nissan Alliance employs more than 15,000 people in India.
Macdonald began his career at Nissan in the Sunderland plant in 1991 and has been Deputy Managing Director of RNAIPL since January 2014. Toshihiko Sano, currently Managing Director at RNAIPL, will take up a new position as Senior Vice-President of Nissan's key supplier in Japan, Calsonic Kansei.
"The high quality cars produced at Oragadam will support Nissan's push for sales growth in India," said Guillaume Sicard, President Nissan India Operations. "We see India as a key strategic market and are keen to play our part in the rise of the country's economy. We are determined to be a major player in the market here, as we already are in many other regions of the world."
