28 January 2008
Troubled networking giant Alcatel-Lucent has made some internal changes to its senior management after appointing its networks operations head, Andy Williams, as services business president.
Williams replaces John Meyer, who has left to head up data management firm Acxiom. An ex-IBM man, Williams joined the former Lucent in 2005, where he headed up its European operations.
Meanwhile, the Enterprise Business Group (EBG), one of the firm’s better-performing divisions, has appointed David Parker as enterprise sales sector leader for the UK and Ireland. He replaces Doug Rodgers, who has moved to a more specialised, vertical role.
Parker was optimistic about the unit’s prospects: "In 2007 [it] posted positive growth, extended its portfolio, overhauled its distribution channel and increased its local headcount."
The shuffle came as Alcatel-Lucent shares plunged 13 per cent on the US stock markets last week, after Goldman Sachs analysts downgraded the Franco-American corporation to ‘sell’.
