Nissan announced on Tuesday that CEO Makoto Uchida will step down at the end of this month.
Current Chief Planning Officer Ivan Espinosa will be assuming the role starting in April in a bid to turn around the struggling Yokohama-based automaker.
Speculation was running high in recent weeks that Uchida would be taking responsibility for the failure of a proposed merger with Honda as well as poor earnings.
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