Nokia executives will take ten of the 13 top spots in the newly merged company.

Iain Morris, International Editor

January 8, 2016

2 Min Read
Nokia Confirms Leadership Team

Nokia has confirmed details of executive appointments following its €15.6 billion ($17 billion) takeover of Alcatel-Lucent, which is formally set to become a part of the Finnish vendor next week.

Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) had revealed details of the 13 appointments back in October, naming its own executives to ten of the senior positions and promoting three of Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU)'s IP and fixed-network experts to the remaining roles. (See AlcaLu Execs Lose Out as Nokia Unveils New Top Team.)

The leadership team is as follows:

  • Rajeev Suri, president and chief executive officer.

    • Samih Elhage, president of mobile networks.

    • Federico Guillen, president of fixed networks (formerly Alcatel-Lucent).

    • Basil Alwan, president of IP/optical networks (formerly Alcatel-Lucent).

    • Bhaskar Gorti, president of applications and analytics (formerly Alcatel-Lucent).

    • Ramzi Haidamus, president of Nokia Technologies.

    • Timo Ihamuotila, chief financial officer.

    • Hans-Jurgen 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 and operating officer.

    • Maria Varsellona, chief legal officer.

      Light Reading has also previously revealed that Marcus Weldon will become chief technology officer and president of Bell Labs at the combined company, transferring his current job titles over to Nokia next week. (See AlcaLu's Weldon Lands Nokia CTO Role.)

      For more NFV-related coverage and insights, check out our dedicated NFV content channel here on Light Reading.

      Even so, Weldon has not been included on what Nokia calls its "leadership team" list and seems likely to report to chief innovation and operating officer Marc Rouanne.

      A number of other senior executives also appear to have missed out on the top jobs, including Hossein Moiin, Nokia's current chief technology officer.

      Light Reading understands that Moiin will continue to be a part of the senior technology team but his precise role remains unclear.

      Other possible casualties of the merger include Dave Geary, Alcatel-Lucent's wireless president; Igor Leprince, who currently heads Nokia's global services operation (which will become a part of the mobile group led by Samih Elhage); Philippe Keryer, Alcatel-Lucent's chief strategy and innovation officer; and Tim Krause, the French company's chief marketing officer.

      None of those executives has made updates to his LinkedIn profile indicating a change in role.

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Iain Morris

International Editor, Light Reading

Iain Morris joined Light Reading as News Editor at the start of 2015 -- and we mean, right at the start. His friends and family were still singing Auld Lang Syne as Iain started sourcing New Year's Eve UK mobile network congestion statistics. Prior to boosting Light Reading's UK-based editorial team numbers (he is based in London, south of the river), Iain was a successful freelance writer and editor who had been covering the telecoms sector for the past 15 years. His work has appeared in publications including The Economist (classy!) and The Observer, besides a variety of trade and business journals. He was previously the lead telecoms analyst for the Economist Intelligence Unit, and before that worked as a features editor at Telecommunications magazine. Iain started out in telecoms as an editor at consulting and market-research company Analysys (now Analysys Mason).

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