Nokia global sales chief heads for door

Colin Giles will step down from his positions as EVP of sales and a member of the Nokia Leadership Team on June 30, after serving the company for 20 years.
 
Nokia has detailed plans to streamline sales management to ensure greater customer focus and provide senior leaders greater visibility into market dynamics
 
Effective immediately, the vendor’s four regional SVPs – Chris Weber for the Americas; Shiv Shivakumar for India, Middle East and Africa; Olivier Puech for Asia Pacific and Victor Saeijs for Europe and Eurasia – and the lead of sales operations will report directly to Niklas Savander, EVP of markets.