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Celso Guiotoko

Biography

Celso Guiotoko serves as Corporate Vice President for Nissan. He started his professional career in Information Technology in 1983 when he joined BRADESCO Brazilian bank before joining Andersen Consulting LLP in 1985 working in Sao Paulo, Chicago WHQ and Tokyo office.

In addition to his activities in the business world, from 1986 to 1988, he became Assistant Professor for Information Technology, at the Universidade Estadual de Sao Paulo where he also supervised the Internship Programme.

In 1996 he joined Toshiba America Electronic Components in North America as the Director of Information System, moving to i2 Technologies in Japan as the head of Consulting Service at the end of 1997.

Celso Guiotoko joined Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. in May 2004 as Vice President in charge of the Global IS Division and was promoted to Corporate Vice President of the Division in April 2006.

In June 2009, he added the role of Managing Director in charge of IS/IT functions for the Renault-Nissan Alliance. His tasks are to maximise the synergies in IS/IT functions and identify potential synergies in Alliance business systems.

Celso Guiotoko was born in January 1959 in Brazil. He attended the Escola Politecnica – Civil Engineering and the Faculdade de Economia e Administracao – Accounting Science of the Universidade de Sao Paulo in Brazil.