Nokia confirms executive team as Combes made acting CEO of Numericable SFR

Nokia has confirmed the makeup of its senior team now that the Alcatel-Lucent acquisition is pretty much a done deal.

Scott Bicheno

January 11, 2016

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Nokia has confirmed the makeup of its senior team now that the Alcatel-Lucent acquisition is pretty much a done deal.

As indicated back in October the combined team is dominated by former Nokia execs and goes as follows:

  • Rajeev Suri, President and Chief Executive Officer;

  • Samih Elhage, President of Mobile Networks;

  • Federico Guillén, President of Fixed Networks;

  • Basil Alwan, President of IP/Optical Networks;

  • Bhaskar Gorti, President of Applications & Analytics;

  • Ramzi Haidamus, President of Nokia Technologies;

  • Timo Ihamuotila, Chief Financial Officer;

  • Hans-Jürgen Bill, Chief Human Resources Officer;

  • Kathrin Buvac, Chief Strategy Officer;

  • Ashish Chowdhary, Chief Customer Operations Officer;

  • Barry French, Chief Marketing Officer;

  • Marc Rouanne, Chief Innovation & Operating Officer; and

  • Maria Varsellona, Chief Legal Officer.

  • Risto Siilasmaa (Chairman);

  • Olivier Piou (Vice Chairman);

There was no mention of current A-Lu CTO and head of Bell Labs Marcus Weldon, despite both companies having previously confirmed he will be CTO of the new company.

Meanwhile former A-Lu CEO Michel Combes seems to have his hands full at his new company – Altice. He is also Chairman of French operator Numericable-SFR, which is owned by Altice, and has had to temporarily step in as CEO following the departure of Eric Denoyer. The move is part of a general restructure at the company, which was formed when Altice acquired SFR in 2014.

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Scott Bicheno

As the Editorial Director of Telecoms.com, Scott oversees all editorial activity on the site and also manages the Telecoms.com Intelligence arm, which focuses on analysis and bespoke content.
Scott has been covering the mobile phone and broader technology industries for over ten years. Prior to Telecoms.com Scott was the primary smartphone specialist at industry analyst Strategy Analytics’. Before that Scott was a technology journalist, covering the PC and telecoms sectors from a business perspective.
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