investigation into a spying scandal. chief operating officer patrick pelata resigned on monday but will continue to work for several months here before moving to a position within renault s partnership with nissan. another three people said to depart the country. that s in addition to three executives who were falsely accused of industrial espionage and wrongfully dismissed. they are shown in the top right here, they were accused of spying on renault s electric car program and selling information to chinese companies. the company admitted it fired the men after an investigation falsely found them guilty. ceo carlos goen is the man on the left. he retains his position and coo patrick pelata is on the right.
he worked in several different positions in the engineering department before becoming senior vice president in 1998. he worked for renault nissan for six years before coming back to renault in 2005. since 2008 he has been renault s chief operating officer with everyone on the executive committee reporting to him. despite pelata s resignation, he ll remain ceo for the foreseeable future. he s spared the chop for now, anyway, pauline. patrick pelata appears to be the main fall guy in all of this. but what about this man, carlos ghosn? some reports suggest his ties with nissan are so strong that he s too valuable a player for renault to lose. as christian mallard said,