President and Chief Executive Officer of Nissan & Renault Carlos Ghosn has visited Tsinghua SEM on April 18, 2008 and delivered a speech titled “Managing Cross Cultures - Renault Nissan Alliance”. Vice President of Tsinghua University Xie Weihe and Associate Dean of Tsinghua SEM Yang Bin held talks with Mr.Carlos Ghosn, who is also member of the Advisory Board of Tsinghua SEM.

(Tsinghua University Vice President Xie Weihe with Mr.Carlos Ghosn)

Carlos Ghosn is the president and chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., a global automotive company with more than 200,000 employees and $89 billion in revenue. Mr. Ghosn joined the company as its chief operating officer in June 1999, became its president in June 2000 and was named chief executive officer in June 2001.

In May 2005, Mr. Ghosn was named president and chief executive officer of Renault S.A. in addition to his current responsibilities at Nissan. As head of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, Mr. Ghosn is responsible for two separate companies with combined annual global sales of 6.2 million vehicles.

Mr. Ghosn currently serves on the board of directors of Alcoa, the Advisory Board of Tsinghua University School of Economics & Management.

Mr. Ghosn was born in Brazil on March 9, 1954. He graduated with engineering degrees from Ecole Polytechnique in 1974 and from Ecole des Mines de Paris in 1978.