That’s Sir Carlos Ghosn to You
February 20, 2007

Nissan-Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn was knighted Monday by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II for improving Anglo-Japanese relations.

Nissan has invested $4.5 billion since 1984 to build Britain’s biggest car factory in northeast England. The facility builds 60 percent of Nissan vehicles sold in Europe and accounts for 20 percent of total British car production. Nissan employees 5,600 people in England.

"The queen acknowledges Ghosn efforts in improving the relationship between Japan and the U.K.," said Graham Fry, Britain's ambassador to Japan in a ceremony at the embassy in Tokyo.

Ghosn, a Brazilian-born French national, heads Renault SA, which owns 44.3 percent of Nissan.

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