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22 NOKIA IN 2015
Members of the Nokia Group
Leadership Team
The Group Leadership Team, chaired by
Rajeev Suri, comprises the following thirteen
(13) members; the President and Chief
Executive Ocer (“President and CEO”),
ve(5) business group leaders and seven
(7)unit leaders:
Rajeev Suri
b. 1967
President and CEO of Nokia Corporation
With more than 26 years of international
experience, Rajeev is a leader with a passion
for creating value and delivering technologies
that have a positive impact on people’s
lives.He joined Nokia in 1995 and has held
numerous executive roles in the company,
including leading the complete turnaround of
Nokia Solutions and Networks. As President
and CEO of Nokia, he has helped transform
Nokia into a global leader in the technologies
that connect people and things. Under
Rajeev’s leadership Nokia has seen signicant
transformational steps including the
acquisition of Alcatel Lucent and an increase
inmarket capitalization. He also serves as
amember of UN Broadband Commission
forSustainable Development.
Rajeev holds a Bachelor of Engineering
(Electronics and Communications) from
Manipal Institute of Technology, India.
Samih Elhage
b. 1961
President of Mobile Networks
Samih has more than two decades of
seniorexperience in the telecommunications
industry, with a successful track record
ofbusiness transformation, establishing
operational excellence in diverse global
markets and creating and implementing
strategies for growth and sustained
protability. He joined Nokia Siemens
Networks in 2012 as Chief Operating Ocer
and added the role of Chief Financial Ocer
of Nokia Solutions and Networks to his
responsibilities in 2013.
Samih holds degrees in Electrical Engineering
(telecommunications) and Economics from
the University of Ottawa, Canada along with
amaster’s degree in Electrical Engineering
(telecommunications) from the École
Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada.
Federico Guillén
b. 1963
President of Fixed Networks
Federico has over 25 years of experience
inthe telecommunications industry, most
recently as President of Fixed Networks
atAlcatel Lucent. Prior to this role, he was
General Manager of Alcatel Lucent Spain and
head of the Telefónica Global account team.
Federico holds a Master’s Degree in Switching
& Communication Architectures from ETSIT
atUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain, as
well asMasters in International Management
from ESC Lyon and Alcatel, France.
Basil Alwan
b. 1962
President of IP/Optical Networks
Basil served previously as Alcatel Lucent’s
President of IP Routing and Transport, a
business that grew over the years into the #2
market position in service provider IP/MPLS
routing, with over 400 customers in more
than 120 countries. He joined Alcatel Lucent
in2003 following the company’s acquisition
ofprivately held TiMetra Networks, a Silicon
Valley based start-up focused on routers
forIP/MPLS, networks where he was founder
and served as President and CEO.
Basil holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer
Engineering from the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, the United States.
Bhaskar Gorti
b. 1966
President of Applications & Analytics
Bhaskar oversaw the development of Alcatel
Lucent’s business units that developed
technologies for Cloud-based networking and
virtualization, including NFV. Prior to joining
Alcatel Lucent, he served as Senior Vice
President and General Manager of Oracle
Communications Global Business Unit from
2006 to 2015. He had previously served as
Senior Vice President at Portal Software,
whichwas sold to Oracle Corporation in 2006.
Bhaskar holds a Bachelor’s in Technology,
Electrical Engineering, from National Institute
of Technology, Warangal, India and a Master
ofScience Degree in Electric Engineering
fromVirginia Tech, the United States.
Operational governance
and leadership continued