Renault board asks Ghosn to stay pursue closer Nissan integration
Carlos Ghosn
PARIS (Reuters) - Renault (RENA.PA) said on Thursday its board had asked  Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn  to stay on for another four years and pursue closer integration with alliance partner Nissan (7201.T).
 Ghosn   63  should âtake decisive steps to make the alliance irreversibleâ during  his  next term  to be proposed to shareholders at their annual meeting in June  the company said in a statement summarizing board resolutions.
France  which owns 15 percent of Renault  has been pressing for a deeper tie-up with Nissan to ensure the carmakersâ 19-year-old alliance can survive the eventual departure of  Ghosn   its main architect.
 Ghosn  had earlier been expected to hand over the reins to a new CEO and move to a non-executive chairman role overseeing the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance.
French state representatives had been pushing  Ghosn  since the middle of last year to hire a second-in-command with the managerial and international clout to succeed  him .
PARIS (Reuters) - Renault (RENA.PA) said on Thursday its board had asked   [TGT] to stay on for another four years and pursue closer integration with alliance partner Nissan (7201.T).
  [TGT] should âtake decisive steps to make the alliance irreversibleâ during   [TGT]   next term  to be proposed to shareholders at their annual meeting in June  the company said in a statement summarizing board resolutions.
France  which owns 15 percent of Renault  has been pressing for a deeper tie-up with Nissan to ensure the carmakersâ 19-year-old alliance can survive the eventual departure of   [TGT]     [TGT]  main architect.
  [TGT] had earlier been expected to hand over the reins to a new CEO and move to a non-executive chairman role overseeing the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance.
French state representatives had been pushing   [TGT] since the middle of last year to hire a second-in-command with the managerial and international clout to succeed   [TGT]  .