Infiniti named former Ford executive Francois Goupil de Bouille as head of its European operations to succeed Fintan Knight, who Infiniti said had “elected to pursue interests outside of the company.”

Knight, a former Audi and BMW executive, had been in the post for less than a year. He joined Infiniti on May 1, 2013 from Lamborghini, where he was head of sales and marketing.