Nokia appoints Henry Tirri as new CTO

The Finnish mobile phone manufacturing company, Nokia announces that it is appointing Henry Tirri, as a new permanent Chief Technology Officer.

As we already know that after the resignation of Rich Green, an executive occupied his position for the time being. But, now the company has made it clear that from now onwards, Henry Tirri will be the new CTO of Nokia.

Prior to this, rumours were in the air that Green is on the leave for some medical reasons and his leaves are likely to extend up to the end of this year.

However, the announcement came out from the company confirms that Rich Green is not a member of the Nokia Leadership Team any more and will return to the U.S to pursue new opportunities.

Nokia President and CEO Stephen Elop says "During his time at Nokia, Henry has provided Nokia technical leadership and challenged us to explore forward-looking technologies. In his new role, Henry will have the opportunity to make a greater impact and set the course for Nokia and our role in the mobile industry."

Further added, "The company would also like to thank Rich Green for the key role he played in assisting Nokia through a major transition. We wish him all the best success in his future ventures."

Nokia’s decision to relinquish MeeGo came after the mobile phone brand signed a deal with Microsoft to cover Windows phone into its handsets.

Lets see how Henry Tirri does for Nokia and would he be able to get it back its top position once again.