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Nokia's HR Director to Leave Company Immediately
26. 06. 2025 Thursday / By: Robert Denes / Generic / Exact time: BST / Print this page
N okia announced that Lorna Gibb, Vice President of Human Resources, has decided to leave the company and its leadership team to take a position outside Nokia. The decision takes effect today and a search has begun for a new HR director's successor.
Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced that Nokia CEO Lorna Gibb has decided to leave the company and step down from the Group Leadership Team to pursue new opportunities, effective today. The process to recruit her successor has begun.
Gibb, who has been with Nokia since 2020, was Nokia's HR Director and member of the executive leadership team until June 2024. She was responsible for developing Nokia's people strategy and management programs.
Legal counsel Esa Niinimäki has been appointed Nokia's interim VP of Human Resources while the search for a successor is underway.
Helsingin Sanomat reported that the HR director was leaving Nokia before the case was filed, when she reported on Nokia's plans to cut thousands of jobs.
According to HS sources, Hotard's planned changes to Nokia's organization and operating methods have caused unrest among staff. There are reportedly fears within Nokia that the new CEO will change Nokia's way of operating to a more centralized one. Under the previous CEO, Pekka Lundmark, Nokia's four business groups were able to operate completely independently and were responsible for their own results.
Last year, Nokia employed an average of 78,400 employees. In Finland, Nokia employs around 6,600 people. Most of the cuts now planned would be directed abroad.
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