Nokia Networks has appointed Ashish Chowdhary as the Chief Business Officer to lead its global customer operations. Chowdhary will take over the new role from January 1, 2015. He is currently the EVP Asia, Middle East & Africa. In the new role, Chowdhary will be based in Espoo, Finland where he will lead customer operations. He will report to Nokia President and CEO, Rajeev Suri.
Chowdhary holds an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Delhi University, a Masters Degree in Computer Science from Emory University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. In his current role, Chowdhary has been responsible for all sales and operations in the region, representing more than half of the revenue of Nokia Networks? global business.
