Ericsson has appointed Chris Houghton as head, India region and member of the global leadership team.
Houghton will assume his new role from June 3, 2013. Currently, he is serving as the head, customer unit, UK and Ireland and managing director, Ericsson UK. Houghton will be taking over from Fredrik Jejdling who will be taking over the role of head, region, sub-Saharan Africa at Ericsson.
He will report to the chairman, region India and senior vice -president Asia-Pacific, Mats H Olsson.
Houghton joined Ericsson UK in December 2010 as head of customer unit UK and Ireland and managing director, Ericsson UK. Prior to relocating to UK, he also held senior positions for Ericsson in Japan, Hungary and Sweden.
