Nokia is overhauling its leadership structure with the creation of two new organizations aimed at accelerating innovation and corporate strategy, while bringing in senior talent from Intel and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
The Finnish telecom equipment maker said Sept. 25 it will launch a technology and AI organization and a corporate development organization on Oct. 1. The shake-up will add Pallavi Mahajan, a former Intel executive, as chief technology and AI officer, and Konstanty Owczarek, who has most recently been with HPE, as chief corporate development officer. Both will join Nokia’s group leadership team.
Nokia’s new leadership team for AI division
The restructuring comes as Nishant Batra, Nokia’s chief strategy, and technology officer since 2020, steps down on Sept. 30. CEO Justin Hotard praised Batra for helping transform Nokia Bell Labs, advancing the company’s work on 6G, and accelerating its digital and security initiatives.
Hotard said the changes reflect the company’s need to compete in what he called the “AI supercycle.”
“Having a dedicated technology and AI organization will be an important asset for us and our customers,” Hotard said. “The new corporate development organization will accelerate our strategy evolution and execution and support our businesses.”
Mahajan brings more than two decades of experience across networks, software, and artificial intelligence. At Intel, she led the data center and AI group and earlier ran the network and edge group, managing multibillion-dollar portfolios in cloud, mobility, and edge computing. Before Intel, she held senior roles at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, where she drove the company’s hybrid cloud strategy and supercomputing programs. She also spent more than a decade at Juniper Networks, where she led the development of early “self-driving” network technologies.
Owczarek has held senior roles in corporate strategy and finance at HPE and AIG. At Nokia, he will oversee mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships, incubation projects, and venture investments through NGP Capital.
Both Mahajan and Owczarek will report directly to Hotard when the changes take effect Oct. 1.
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