Huawei deputy chairman Ken Hu will become the company’s acting CEO from 1 April to 30 September, according to the company’s Rotating CEO system. The rotating CEO acts as the primary person of the company’s operations and crisis management during his tenure and is responsible for convening and chairing the meetings of the board of directors’ Executive Committee and the company’s Executive Management Team (EMT).
Hu is a member of both the board of directors and the EMT and is the chairman of Huawei USA.
As part of his role as deputy chairman, Hu is head of Huawei’s Human Resources Committee and is responsible for the company’s leadership and organizational development. He is also the head of the company's Global Cyber Security Committee, which oversees the development of Huawei's global cyber security strategies and the establishment of an end-to-end cyber security assurance system. Hu joined the company in 1990.
