Blackberry has announced the departure of three directors now the new CEO, John Chen, reforms.
Company
Directors BlackBerry vote against division
New BlackBerry CEO raises expectations
Chen focuses less on the consumer market and has plans to make the company. smaller and more specialized This writes Bloomberg.
financial breathing room
The financial director, Brian Bidulka, leaves after eight years at Blackberry and was replaced by James Yersh. The Director of Operations, Kristian Tear and marketing director, Frank Boulden, both adopted by the former CEO Thorsten Heins, too. Leave
John Chen since November 4, the new CEO after a failed takeover deal by Fairfax Financial Holdings. Subsequently, Blackberry $ 1 billion additional capital raised through the issue of bonds.
business market
“The company was top-heavy from the start,” said Sameet Kanade, analyst at Jacob Securities in Toronto, across from Bloomberg. “If the management was not effective, then it makes sense to me to start a clean slate,” said Kanade.
Both the operations manager and the marketing director will be replaced – a sign that the company will focus on attracting new customers less and more business users. “We need to focus more on the business market and I have experience with it,” Chen said in an interview on the day he took office as chairman.
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