Bit net: Nokia CEO Kallasvuo leaves office at the end of the month

Bit net (chinabyte) September 10 The Nokia statement said today that the incumbent CEO, Kallasvuo, will be leaving on September 20 and will be replaced by Stephen Elop as president and chief executive officer of the company. Kallasvuo, Nokia's newly appointed president and CEO, said on its official website today that the board had resigned Elop as the new president and CEO, and Elop will take office on September 21. Elop is currently president of Microsoft's Business software division.　　Before joining Microsoft, Elop served in several U.S. companies, including Juniper NX, Adobe and Macromedia.　　Nokia also said Kallasvuo would receive 4.6 million euros in severance payments. "Now is the right time to update the personnel and we need new leaders with different skills and expertise to lead the company towards new success," said Jorma Ollila, chairman of Nokia's board of directors, Chorma Olila.　　The Nokia board believes Stephen has the industry's experience and leadership to achieve all of Nokia's potential.　　As early as July this year, the industry has repeatedly come out of the board to choose a new CEO to replace Kallasvuo News, citing Nokia in recent years in the smartphone market share of the precarious and obvious decline in performance.　　Kallasvuo, who has been CEO of Nokia since 2006, is less fortunate than a year after Apple launched the iphone and set a new mindset for the smartphone market that has put a deadly strain on the old smartphone boss, Nokia. In August this year, Gartner published research data showing that Nokia's share of the global handset market has fallen from 36.8% in the same period last year to 34.2%, while in the smartphone market, Nokia's introduction of new products is too slow,　　Also led to a drop in Symbian's market share of nearly 10% to 41.2%. About Kallasvuo: Kallasvuo joined Nokia as Corporate legal advisor in 1980, and has since been entrusted with heavy responsibilities.　　He was appointed assistant vice president of the Legal Department in 1987 and became assistant vice president of finance in 1988 and was promoted to senior vice president of finance in 1990. Kallasvuo was appointed Executive vice President and chief financial officer of the company in 1992. From 1997 to 1998, he was the executive vice President of Nokia Americas and was responsible for the company's operations in the Americas. He served as chief financial officer in 1999, before serving in the United States.　　2004-2005, Kallasvuo as executive vice president of Nokia and general manager of mobile phone business department, and became president and chief operating officer from October 1, 2005.　　Kallasvuo has been a member of the Nokia Executive Board since 1990. Before joining Nokia, he held a series of positions at the Union Bank of Finland. Kallasvuo is the world's leading U.S. information storage and management company, EMC Inc.Board members.