雷諾汽車公司跟合作伙伴日產汽車一樣換掉了首席執行官，因為兩家汽車制造商都在努力擺脫卡洛斯·戈恩時代的陰影。

知情人士表示，戈恩被捕近一年后，兩家汽車制造商準備重整20年的合作關系，因此蒂埃里·博洛爾執掌雷諾汽車的前景越發不穩定。博洛爾曾經在戈恩領導下擔任雷諾的二把手，今年1月接任首席執行官。

知情人士說，長期持有雷諾15%股份的法國政府一直懷疑博洛爾是戈恩時代的殘余勢力，由于涉及機密，知情人士要求匿名。公司內部人士還表示，董事長讓·多米尼克-塞納德跟博洛爾關系緊張，7月波洛爾下調公司今年的財務目標后遭到批評。

該人士表示，撤換博洛爾的主要問題在于沒有明顯合適的繼任者。不過10月8日《費加羅報》援引匿名消息人士的話稱，塞納德還是要求雷諾董事會尋找接任者。報道稱，10月18日的董事會會議可能審議首席執行官接任問題。雷諾發言人拒絕置評。

脆弱的聯盟

今年9月，汽車制造商日產的首席執行官西川廣人因為薪酬丑聞辭職。隨后，日產任命53歲的中國合資企業負責人內田誠為首席執行官，與新任首席運營官阿西瓦尼·古普塔合作。雷諾曾因西川廣人涉嫌戈恩的不當行為要求解除其職務，早些時候曾經表示支持內田誠和古普塔。

戈恩曾經執掌雷諾和日產多年，去年11月因為涉嫌財務不端被抓，之前曾維持兩家公司合作20年，不過戈恩否認了指控。戈恩的垮臺暴露了日產的公司治理有多么糟糕，也凸顯了兩家汽車制造商之間長期醞釀的緊張關系。

兩家公司的新任高層導可能重啟談判恢復合作。長期以來，日產一直要求與雷諾的持股實現平衡，目前雷諾持有日產43%的股份，日產僅持有雷諾15%的無表決權股份。

國家角色

法國財政部部長布魯諾·勒梅爾稱，政府不會干預雷諾的管理。10月9日，勒梅爾在盧森堡表示，完全相信塞納德“能與董事會選定最佳治理方案，執行之前確定的產業戰略。”

現年56歲的博洛爾在問答環節向員工發表講話，但并未回復置評請求。日產內部人士批評他從一開始就在拖延公司對戈恩的調查，對日產的調查結果態度也太“謹慎”。戈恩在日本被抓后不久，博洛爾發給員工一封信，保證會“全力支持”戈恩。

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

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.