Nikkei 225 Index’s Two New Foreign CEOs Shrug Off Ghosn’s Concerns

After the shock arrest of former Nissan Motor Co. chief Carlos Ghosn in November 2018, some fretted that major Japanese firms might never hire a foreign chief executive again.

But two years on, the nation’s premier blue-chip index will soon have two more foreign CEOs. In the space of just 24 hours Nexon Co., headed by Owen Mahoney, was promoted to the index, while Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. announced Belgian Jean-Marc Gilson as its next leader.