Nokia has named Rolf Werner Senior Vice President for its European region. Rolf will help drive Nokia’s growth and market share. Additionally, he is entrusted with building European market and support the company’s growth ambitions in new market segments.

With more than 25 years experience in business and industry, Rolf joins Nokia from Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Besides Cognizant, Rolf has worked with Fujitsu, Global Logic, and T-Systems in various capacities.

“Having a broad experience across the industry, gained in software, service providers, and many other areas, means that Rolf will be able to help guide Nokia’s European organisation through the next stage of our corporate development,” said Ricky Corker.

“This is an excellent time to join Nokia. It is clear that Nokia has an excellent opportunity to seize the market as one of the very few companies that can offer solutions to its customers across the full range of technologies available in the industry,” said Rolf Werner.