Alcatel-Lucent confirmed on Friday that chief technology officer Marcus Weldon will become CTO of Nokia once the latter has completed the takeover of its Franco-U.S. rival.
In an email to Total Telecom, a spokesman for Alcatel-Lucent said Weldon will also keep his job as president of the company’s R&D business, Bell Labs.
Nokia unveiled its post-merger leadership team in early October, revealing that the c-suite would be staffed almost exclusively by Nokia insiders reporting to CEO Rajeev Suri. However, there was no mention at the time about who would become CTO.
News that Weldon had landed the job first appeared in a Light Reading report earlier on Friday.
Meanwhile, also on Friday, Nokia announced that Markus Borchert, who currently serves as senior vice president for the European market at Nokia Networks, will keep his job as head of the merged company’s customer operations across Europe.
Nokia’s acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent is expected to close during the first half of 2016.
