Siemens Enterprise Networks (SEN) Names New CEO
SEN has again named a new CEO. Hamid Akhavan, currently COO of Deutsche Telecom is being named as CEO of SEN, replacing interim CEO – Mark Stone. Stone is a principal at SEN’s majority owner Gores and is shedding his interim SEN CEO role for the second time. Stone was interim CEO at the formation of the JV and replaced Jim O’Neil, when he left, earlier this year.
Akhavan, reportedly, has extensive experience within DT and has been characterized as a “gadget freak.” The formal announcement is to be made tomorrow; however, it was leaked by the German press and Reuters earlier today.