Hideyuki Sakamoto

Hideyuki Sakamoto is a Nissan Motor Co., Ltd director, executive officer and executive vice president in charge of Manufacturing and SCM Operations. He was appointed as executive vice president in April 2014, executive officer in June 2019 and director in February 2020. Sakamoto also serves as deputy Alliance executive vice president for Manufacturing and SCM Operations.

Sakamoto joined Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (NML) in 1980. In 1995 he transferred to Calsonic Co., Ltd. Three years later, he returned to NML as a manager in the Body Test Department. In September 2000, Sakamoto transferred to Renault do Brasil S.A. and three years later was transferred to Nissan Technical Center North America, where he served for two years.

Throughout his career at NML, Sakamoto has served in a number of roles including multiple chief vehicle engineer positions as well as corporate vice president, Nissan PV Product Development Division No. 1; corporate vice president, Alliance Common Platform and Components; and senior vice president, Production Engineering.

Most recently, Sakamoto served as executive vice president, Product Engineering.

Sakamoto graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Sakamoto speaks Japanese and English.