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Mitsubishi Motors Corp., which has been struggling to win back sales under a partnership with DaimlerChrysler AG of Germany, has recruited the head of Ford Japan, Eiji Iwakuni, to its board.
This is the first time in Mitsubishi’s 30-year history that it has put an executive from another automaker other than DaimlerChrysler on its board, Mitsubishi says.
Before being named to head Ford Japan in 1998, Iwakuni, 60, was with Japan’s No. 2 automaker Honda Motor Co., where he was credited with strengthening Honda dealerships.
Ford hasn’t commented on Iwakuni’s departure.
Mitsubishi Motors’ sales in Japan have slipped since the automaker disclosed in mid-2000 that it had been hiding auto defects for decades to avoid expensive recalls.
