OREANDA-NEWS. Nissan Motor Company, Ltd. today announced that Jonathan Adashek will be appointed to Global Vice President of Communications and Chief Communications Officer effective September 30. He will be based at the company's headquarters in Yokohama, Japan.

Adashek will lead the global communications team, which spans activities including corporate communications, product communications and internal communications. He replaces Jeff Kuhlman who has decided to return to the U.S. for family reasons.

Adashek brings over 20 years of communication and political experience to Nissan. He joins Nissan from Microsoft Corporation, where he was the general manager of communications strategy. Prior to that, he was the executive vice president of Edelman Public Relations, where he served as a global client relationship manager. He also has extensive experience in advising government officials in thought leadership, transitional change, and strategy building spanning from the United States Treasury Department to the '04 Kerry-Edwards presidential campaign. He began his career at the White House, in the Office of the Staff Secretary.

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Japan's second-largest automotive company, is headquartered in Yokohama, Japan, and is part of the Renault-Nissan Alliance. Operating with more than 247,500 employees globally, Nissan sold almost 5.32 million vehicles and generated revenue of 11.38 trillion yen (USD 103.6 billion) in fiscal 2014. Nissan delivers a comprehensive range of more than 60 models under the Nissan, Infiniti and Datsun brands. Nissan leads the world in zero-emission mobility, dominated by sales of the LEAF, the first mass-market, pure-electric vehicle and the best-selling EV in history.