Jean-Francois Baril is the new CEO of HMD Global

14. 11. 2022 Monday / By: Robert Denes / Generic / Exact time: BST / Print this page

The resignation of HMD Global CEO Florian Seiche was a surprise as the company did not share a succession plan. There is still no official information about the new CEO of HMD Global (Nokia Mobile), but it seems that Jean-Francois Baril took over the CEO hat after the departure of Florian Seiche.

HMD Global co-founder Jean-Francois Baril's updated LinkedIn profile now lists him as "co-founder, president and CEO." This update also makes it clear that he has been acting as CEO of HMD Global for the past two months.

Jean-Francois Baril is the founder and director of HMD Global since 2016, when the company was founded to create a new generation of Nokia-branded devices. Between 2012 and 2016, he founded and managed the consulting company Connecting Partners SA, the venture capital company Ginko Ventures and the venture capital fund Smart Connect, which targeted the telecommunications sector.

After studying mechanical engineering at the École Nationale Supérieure d'arts et Métiers in Paris and Stanford University in California, Jean-Francois began his career as a research engineer in 1981 in his native France. He then spent two years as chief operating officer of oilfield services giant Schlumberger, and from 1984 to 1994 he led the supply chain of Hewlett-Packard's PC division.

In 1994, Jean-Francois became director of acquisitions at Compaq, where he worked under the direct leadership of Apple CEO Tim Cook, before joining Nokia Corporation in 1999 as senior vice president and CPO.

Under his leadership, Nokia's supply chain was recognized as the best in the world in 2007 by AMR Research. In 2010, Jean-Francois won the EIPM-Peter Kraljic Award for Organizational Excellence of the Year.

Jean-Francois is the founder and managing partner of Ginko Ventures, an industrial venture capital firm established in early 2015 in Geneva. With passion and trust, Ginko creates sustainable partnerships between industry leaders and entrepreneurs for disruptive innovation and superior value creation. In addition, Jean-Francois founded Connecting Partners SA in 2012 to provide leadership in value chain and procurement transformation for global companies. As Senior Vice President of Nokia Corporation (1999-2012), Jean-Francois transformed the Nokia Supply Chain into Nokia's most recognized and agile asset. AMR Research recognized him as the world's best supply chain leader in 2007. In 2010, it won the EIPM-Peter Kraljic Award for Excellence: "Organization of the Year".

Before joining Nokia, Jean-Francois was Compaq's Procurement Director (1994-1999) (Scotland and Texas) reporting directly to Tim Cook. At Hewlett-Packard (1984-1994), Jean-Francois was head of the supply chain for the PC division. Within the "knowing, doing, being" concept, Jean-Francois learned most of the key principles of leadership from his mentor, Gene Richter. Other industry experience includes oil exploration with Schlumberger in Africa and nuclear research with CEA France. Jean-Francois was Chairman of the Board of Directors of RosettaNet EB (2002-2004). Member of the board of NetOnNet listed on the Stockholm stock exchange (2005-2011), member of the board of Vertu in London (2012-2015), member of the advisory board of Procurement Leaders in London (2008-2010), and advisor to the CEO of ICANN. in Los Angeles (2012-2014).

Jean-Francois is also a senior advisor to the president of Foxconn (Taiwan), board member of Devialet (France), Octonion/PIQ (Switzerland/France), Enevo (Finland), member of the advisory board of World 50 (Atlanta), industrial partner of at EQT (Stockholm), operational partner at Talomon Capital (London) and Professor Emeritus at EIPM (Geneva).


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