After recently hiring a new CEO, the former head of Microsoft’s Business division Stephen Elop, Nokia now needs to fill in another very important position, as the current head of Mobile Solutions Anssi Vanjoki has handed in his resignation.
This wouldn’t be too strange if Vanjoki himself weren’t only recently placed at that position. Vanjoki didn’t give a reason for the resignation, but it’s not too far fetched to assume that the new CEO and Vanjoki did not see eye to eye on how to lead one of Nokia’s most important units.
“I am committed, perhaps even obsessed, with getting Nokia back to being number one in high-end devices,” Vanjoki said in July, in his first blog post on his new job. His enthusiasm back then wasn’t too convincing, and Nokia’s smartphone strategy seemed more like a patchwork than a solid, futureproof plan.
According to Nokia, Anssi Vanjoki will continue to lead the Mobile Solutions unit for six more months. “I am one hundred per cent committed to doing my best for Nokia until my very last working day. I am also really looking forward to this year’s Nokia World and sharing news about exciting new devices and solutions,” said Vanjoki.
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