Arto Nummela steps down as HMD CEO, effective immediately

19 July 2017
He will be replaced by Florian Seiche, co-leader and president of the company.

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  • 19 Jul 2017

89 Degrees , 19 Jul 2017Haha you wait and see he's probably been poached by a compe... moreMost probably yes as it often happens.

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    • kingxperia
    • Nug
    • 19 Jul 2017

    AnonD-685781, 19 Jul 2017Maybe he was so ashamed of the new nokia 3310 and the ugly... morebwahaha! nice one.

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      • Anonymous
      • thv
      • 19 Jul 2017

      china company with new ceo

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        • Savor
        • IbE
        • 19 Jul 2017

        Should have replaced him with Erlich Bachman. I hear he is still in Tibet doing opium. Silicon Valley is jumping the shark and won't be the same without TJ Miller. Jist recycling the same jokes and stories.

        I need the Nokia 9 now. Nokia faithfuls should feel concerned with this news. Arto was with Nokia for 17 years. HMD is becoming less and less Nokia and more and more like Microsoft again. Not a good sign.

          I read arto nutella..!!

            Onwards and upwards.

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              • gN$
              • 19 Jul 2017

              Muni.Muni.Myaa, 19 Jul 2017That's what happens when you delay the launch of Flagship N... morei am sure , if they could , they would have launched those phones earlier.. you have to keep in mind this is a totally new startup company .. simply manufacturing phones and selling through online sales is easier.. but here they have to set up offline sales channels , big marketing campaigns , have proper service centres ... these things take time and not just in 1 country but whole world..

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                • Mk{
                • 19 Jul 2017

                replaced by an ex microsoft manager (mobile division)... seems like windows OS isn't the only thing with viruses at this company...

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                  • 89 Degrees
                  • 3Jn
                  • 19 Jul 2017

                  Haha you wait and see he's probably been poached by a competitor, Nokia today Motorola tomorrow or something like that.

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                    • AnonD-685781
                    • 8Ah
                    • 19 Jul 2017

                    Maybe he was so ashamed of the new nokia 3310 and the ugly upcoming Nokia 8 that he couldn't stand it.

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                      • Mvv
                      • 19 Jul 2017

                      "Health and personal issues" no doubt, and "desire to spend more time with his family" - exactly like, oh, every "voluntary" dismissal ever. /s

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 19 Jul 2017

                        Muni.Muni.Myaa, 19 Jul 2017That's what happens when you delay the launch of Flagship N... morethe problem is is not only the flagship
                        nokia 6 announced december 2016 its almost august 2017 and its still hard to find other manufactures are preparing their second or third midranger already
                        not to mention that in a few months we will start seeing snapdragon 450

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                          • NR6
                          • 19 Jul 2017

                          Unlucky...

                          I thought that, that peace is back

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                            • UD{
                            • 19 Jul 2017

                            Shame to Samsung.

                              That's what happens when you delay the launch of Flagship Nokia 8 or something.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • NR6
                                • 19 Jul 2017

                                OMG! Why!? HMD in new Tsunami

                                  This news sounds bad