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Huawei gets profitable operations back on track after senior executive’s death, with new heads for enterprise and carrier groups
- Highly ranked Huawei executives David Wang Tao and David Li Peng take on role of president, respectively, at firm’s enterprise and carrier businesses
- They replace the late Huawei executive Ryan Ding Yun, who previously led both business groups
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Chinese telecommunications equipment giant Huawei Technologies Co has appointed new heads for its enterprise and carrier businesses after the sudden death of veteran executive Ryan Ding Yun last week, as the struggling company moves to steer its most profitable operations back on track.
David Wang Tao, an executive director of Huawei’s board and chairman of the firm’s ICT Infrastructure Managing Board, was named president of the company’s enterprise business group, while the former president for Western European operations, David Li Peng, will now serve as president of the firm’s carrier business group.
The new appointments were announced internally, according to a Huawei employee who declined to be named.
Privately-held Huawei, which is headquartered in Shenzhen, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday.
The two new appointments reflect Huawei’s heightened focus to bolster its most profitable revenue sources, while working to stay relevant in the global smartphone market, after the early death at age 53 of Ding who served as president of both the enterprise and carrier groups.
Wang, who joined Huawei in 1997, will continue with his other corporate roles, such as on the company’s board and the information and communications technology managing board, while he leads the enterprise group.
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