Chris Houghton will take over as CEO of the Hungarian unit of wireless communications equipment maker Ericsson from August, Ericsson Magyarorszag told MTI.
Mr Houghton, who is currently deputy-CEO of Ericsson Japan, will replace Gabor Ery, who headed the unit for three years, during which time it achieved double-digit annual growth and increased its share of the 3G mobile network market to 70pc.
Ericsson Magyarorszag had revenue of HUF 46.2bn in 2008, roughly level with a year earlier.
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