Nissan’s Canadian president heads south

Nissan is making senior leadership moves with the pending retirement of its CMO equivalent for the automaker’s U.S. operations.

Scott Shirley, vice president of marketing operations and chief marketing manager (CMM) for  Nissan U.S., will retire at the end of the year. Shirley joined Nissan in 1988, and has held a variety of leadership roles in marketing and sales during his tenure.

Jeff Pope, who is currently the division vice president of dealer network development, customer resources and training for Nissan and Infiniti in the U.S. and Canada, will take over Shirley’s role. He will report to Vinay Shahani, senior vice president of U.S. marketing and sales.

Nissan Canada president Steve Milette will succeed Pope as division vice president, dealer network development, customer resources and training. In this role, Milette will have responsibility for dealer network development operations for both Nissan and Infiniti brands in the U.S. and Canada, along with training responsibilities for the field organization and dealership employees in the U.S. Milette will relocate to Nissan Americas’ headquarters in Tennessee, and also report to Shahani.

Trevor Longley, currently Nissan Canada’s vice president of sales operations, will replace Milette as the president of Nissan Canada. He will be responsible for all Nissan and Infiniti operations north of the border, including sales and marketing, finance, dealer network, product and corporate planning, aftersales, communication, legal, human resources, and the captive sales finance company. Longley will be based in Mississauga.

GoEasy announces leadership transition plan

Alternative lender GoEasy says Jason Mullins will transition out of his role as president and CEO at the end of the year, and will remain as a director on the company’s board.

Alongside the rest of GoEasy’s board, he will participate in the selection of a successor and will collaborate with the new leader during a transition period.

Last fall, No Fixed Address won GoEasy’s creative and media AOR business.

Canadian Chamber of Commerce names new president and CEO

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has appointed Candace Laing its new president and CEO. The move is effective as of September 1.

Laing has served as chair of the chamber’s board of directors since 2022. She succeeds Perrin Beatty, who will end his 17-year run helming the organization.

Laing most recently worked as SVP and chief human resources officer with fertilizer company, Nutrien.

Ubisoft appoints Montreal managing director

Video games developer, Ubisoft has appointed Pierre-Jules Tremblay as its new managing director for Ubisoft Montréal. He succeeds Christophe Derennes, who now holds the position of managing director for North America.

Throughout the past 13 years, Tremblay has played an integral role in the company, leading the studio’s transition to the games-as-a-service model in 2014. His team has been instrumental in supporting games like Rainbow Six Siege and For Honor.