Interview with Richard Gard, Nissan

About this episode

Stuart Thomson interviews Richard Gard about his role at Nissan and the challenges of managing public affairs across multiple regions.

In an interview episode, I talk to Richard Gard, Director and Head of External and Government Affairs Africa, Middle East, Europe, India, Oceania at Nissan Motor Corporation. We talk about his background and how he got into public affairs, how he leads a small team covering such a huge region, his use of agency support, how the work of agencies has evolved over the past 10-15 years and how he manages to keep track of so many markets and balance the pressures on his time.

People in this episode

Host: Stuart Thomson

Guest: Richard Gard

Topics covered

• public affairs
• government relations
• team management
• agency support
• market tracking

Keywords

• public affairs
• Nissan
• Richard Gard
• government affairs
• agency support
• market management

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nissan Motor Corporation

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