Ex-NSN CEO appointed to role at Samsung

Samsung Electronics has named the former CEO at Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), Simon Beresford-Wylie, as global executive advisor to its Networks business.

The company said that Beresford-Wylie will play an important role in planning and executing the globalisation strategy of Samsung’s mobile network business.

Beresford-Wylie was previously responsible for leading the re-organisation and transformation of Nokia Solutions and Networks (formerly Nokia Siemens Networks) as president and CEO.

He has recently been working as CEO of at800, an organisation established by four mobile network operators in the UK to mitigate possible interference issues resulting from the coexistence of digital terrestrial television (DTT) and LTE service in the 800MHz band.