雷諾汽車(chē)公司跟合作伙伴日產(chǎn)汽車(chē)一樣換掉了首席執(zhí)行官，因?yàn)閮杉移?chē)制造商都在努力擺脫卡洛斯·戈恩時(shí)代的陰影,。

知情人士表示,，戈恩被捕近一年后，兩家汽車(chē)制造商準(zhǔn)備重整20年的合作關(guān)系,，因此蒂埃里·博洛爾執(zhí)掌雷諾汽車(chē)的前景越發(fā)不穩(wěn)定,。博洛爾曾經(jīng)在戈恩領(lǐng)導(dǎo)下?lián)卫字Z的二把手，今年1月接任首席執(zhí)行官,。

知情人士說(shuō),，長(zhǎng)期持有雷諾15%股份的法國(guó)政府一直懷疑博洛爾是戈恩時(shí)代的殘余勢(shì)力，由于涉及機(jī)密,，知情人士要求匿名,。公司內(nèi)部人士還表示，董事長(zhǎng)讓·多米尼克-塞納德跟博洛爾關(guān)系緊張,，7月波洛爾下調(diào)公司今年的財(cái)務(wù)目標(biāo)后遭到批評(píng),。

該人士表示，撤換博洛爾的主要問(wèn)題在于沒(méi)有明顯合適的繼任者,。不過(guò)10月8日《費(fèi)加羅報(bào)》援引匿名消息人士的話稱(chēng),，塞納德還是要求雷諾董事會(huì)尋找接任者。報(bào)道稱(chēng),，10月18日的董事會(huì)會(huì)議可能審議首席執(zhí)行官接任問(wèn)題,。雷諾發(fā)言人拒絕置評(píng)。

脆弱的聯(lián)盟

今年9月,，汽車(chē)制造商日產(chǎn)的首席執(zhí)行官西川廣人因?yàn)樾匠瓿舐勣o職,。隨后，日產(chǎn)任命53歲的中國(guó)合資企業(yè)負(fù)責(zé)人內(nèi)田誠(chéng)為首席執(zhí)行官,，與新任首席運(yùn)營(yíng)官阿西瓦尼·古普塔合作,。雷諾曾因西川廣人涉嫌戈恩的不當(dāng)行為要求解除其職務(wù)，早些時(shí)候曾經(jīng)表示支持內(nèi)田誠(chéng)和古普塔,。

戈恩曾經(jīng)執(zhí)掌雷諾和日產(chǎn)多年,，去年11月因?yàn)樯嫦迂?cái)務(wù)不端被抓，之前曾維持兩家公司合作20年,，不過(guò)戈恩否認(rèn)了指控,。戈恩的垮臺(tái)暴露了日產(chǎn)的公司治理有多么糟糕，也凸顯了兩家汽車(chē)制造商之間長(zhǎng)期醞釀的緊張關(guān)系,。

兩家公司的新任高層導(dǎo)可能重啟談判恢復(fù)合作,。長(zhǎng)期以來(lái)，日產(chǎn)一直要求與雷諾的持股實(shí)現(xiàn)平衡，目前雷諾持有日產(chǎn)43%的股份,，日產(chǎn)僅持有雷諾15%的無(wú)表決權(quán)股份,。

國(guó)家角色

法國(guó)財(cái)政部部長(zhǎng)布魯諾·勒梅爾稱(chēng),，政府不會(huì)干預(yù)雷諾的管理,。10月9日，勒梅爾在盧森堡表示,，完全相信塞納德“能與董事會(huì)選定最佳治理方案,，執(zhí)行之前確定的產(chǎn)業(yè)戰(zhàn)略?！?/p>

現(xiàn)年56歲的博洛爾在問(wèn)答環(huán)節(jié)向員工發(fā)表講話,，但并未回復(fù)置評(píng)請(qǐng)求。日產(chǎn)內(nèi)部人士批評(píng)他從一開(kāi)始就在拖延公司對(duì)戈恩的調(diào)查,，對(duì)日產(chǎn)的調(diào)查結(jié)果態(tài)度也太“謹(jǐn)慎”,。戈恩在日本被抓后不久，博洛爾發(fā)給員工一封信,，保證會(huì)“全力支持”戈恩,。

2019年塞納德被任命為雷諾董事長(zhǎng)，之后遇到重重困難,。他推動(dòng)與日產(chǎn)合并,，但日產(chǎn)拒絕了。他想讓日產(chǎn)支持雷諾與菲亞特克萊斯勒公司的合作,，但還是失敗了,，后來(lái)差點(diǎn)辭職。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

譯者：Charlie

審校：夏林

Renault SA may take a cue from partner Nissan Motor Co. in changing chief executives as the carmakers seek to move on from the Carlos Ghosn era.

The future of Thierry Bollore at the helm of Renault looks increasingly precarious as the manufacturers prepare to reshape their two-decade partnership nearly a year after Ghosn’s arrest, people familiar with the situation said. Bollore, formerly second-in-command at Renault under Ghosn, replaced him as CEO in January.

Bollore has long been viewed with suspicion by the French government, which holds a 15% stake in Renault, as a holdover from the Ghosn years, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing confidential matters. Company insiders have also described tense relations between Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard and Bollore, who met with criticism after the company lowered its financial targets for the year in July.

The main obstacle to replacing Bollore is the lack of an obvious successor, the people said. Even so, Senard will ask the carmaker’s board to start a search for a replacement, Le Figaro reported on October 8, citing unidentified sources. The question of CEO succession may come under review at an Oct. 18 board meeting, the newspaper said. Representatives for Renault declined to comment.

Fragile Alliance

The move would come after Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa resigned in September following a scandal over pay. On Tuesday, the carmaker tapped Makoto Uchida, 53, the head of its China joint venture, as CEO, to work alongside new Chief Operating Officer Ashwani Gupta. Renault had sought Saikawa’s removal for his role in the alleged wrongdoing by Ghosn, and signaled support for Uchida and Gupta early on.

Ghosn, who headed Renault and Nissan for years, held their two-decade partnership together until his arrest last November on allegations of financial misconduct, which he has denied. His downfall exposed poor corporate governance at Nissan and brought long-standing tensions between the automakers to the fore.

Renewed leadership atop both companies may help rekindle talks to repair the partnership. Nissan has long demanded a balancing in its shareholding relationship with Renault, which holds 43% of the Japanese firm compared with Nissan’s 15% non-voting stake in the French carmaker.

State Role

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said the government won’t meddle in Renault’s governance. Speaking in Luxembourg on October 9, Le Maire said he has full confidence in Senard “to choose with the board the best governance to carry out the industrial strategy that we have defined.”

The 56-year-old Bollore, who is scheduled to address employees in a Q&A session Thursday, didn’t return requests for comment. He has been criticized by Nissan insiders for at first delaying investigations into the company’s allegations against Ghosn and adopting a cautious approach over Nissan’s findings. Shortly after Ghosn’s arrest in Japan, Bollore pledged “full support” for the leader in a letter to employees.

Senard, appointed chairman in 2019, has had a rocky tenure at Renault. He pushed for a merger with Nissan that the company rebuffed and came close to resigning after he failed to convince the Japanese carmaker to support a tie-up between Renault and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV.