Nissan Motor Company has named Diana Torres as its new managing director of NMGB, effective April 1. Torres is to head sales and marketing operations in the automaker's largest European market, the UK. She will be based at the Maple Cross head office in Rickmansworth, near London and will report to Mayra Gonzales, divisional VP marketing sales Europe. Torres has decade of experience with Nissan.

She has served in global, regional and market positions including heading marketing and sales finance at Nissan North America, CFO of Nissan Mexicana, and MD of Nissan Importer Business in Latin America, responsible for 34 markets. She has previously worked in various positions in aviation and banking, mainly in Europe.