InvestmentsTop Global NewsMarketsReal Estate Exclusive: Who’s in charge at Nissan? COO’s allies push to give him shared CEO role – sources By financialnews_rlv83x - June 17, 2020 0 103 Nissan’s chief operating officer Ashwani Gupta helped engineer the troubled automaker’s latest turnaround plan. Now his allies are pressing the board to promote him to co-CEO to drive the new strategy, said four people with direct knowledge.