Former Nokia CEO Elop to leave Microsoft

News General Global 17 JUN 2015
Former Nokia CEO Elop to leave Microsoft

Microsoft announced a number of changes to its top management, including the departure of former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop. The company is merging its Operating Systems and Microsoft Devices divisions to form the Windows and Devices Group, to be led by Executive Vice President Terry Myerson. Microsoft said WDG will focus on enabling more personal computing experiences powered by the Windows ecosystem. 

Executive Vice President Scott Guthrie will continue to lead the Cloud and Enterprise (C+E) team, focused on building an intelligent cloud platform to power any application on any device. The C+E team will also focus on building high-value infrastructure and business services, especially in the areas of data and analytics, security and management, and development tools. As a part of this announcement, the company will move the Dynamics development teams to the C+E team, enabling the company to accelerate ERP and CRM work and bring it into C+E engineering and innovation efforts. 

As a result of the organizational moves, Stephen Elop, Kirill Tatarinov and Eric Rudder will leave Microsoft after a undisclosed transition period. Unrelated to the above changes, Chief Insights Officer Mark Penn has decided to pursue another venture outside Microsoft and will be leaving the company in September. 

Following these changes, Microsoft’s Senior Leadership Team totals 12 executives: CEO Satya Nadella, CMO Chris Capossela, EVP for corporate strategy Kurt DelBene, CFO Amy Hood, HR chief Kathleen Hogan, EVP for business development Peggy Johnson, general counsel Brad Smith, COO Kevin Turner, CTO Harry Shum and the divisional chiefs Myerson, Guthrie and Qi Lu. 

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General

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Nokia,  Microsoft

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Enterprise equipment, IT - applications, Consumer devices, Handsets

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