PRESS RELEASE
London, UK – 9th April – Huawei, the world’s third largest smartphone manufacturer, has appointed Anson Zhang as Managing Director of its UK Consumer Business Group. In this role, effective immediately. Zhang takes the position as Huawei continues to build momentum in the UK market, following the release of its highly anticipated P20 Pro smartphone device.
Zhang joins the Huawei UK team fresh from his position as Managing Director of Huawei’s consumer division in the Czech Republic. Zhang joined Huawei in 2009, serving as Director of Huawei’s Consumer Business Group in Finland, before holding the same position in Poland for a further four.
Zhang’s appointment is a move that feeds into Huawei’s revolving executive leadership system. The system sees Huawei executives – from regional Managing Directors to the CEO – working on rotation to ensure innovation remains at the heart of everything the company does.
With such strong experience of Huawei’s Consumer Business Group across Western Europe, Zhang has played a key role in the brand’s exciting evolution into the world’s third largest smartphone manufacturer. With latest industry figures revealing that Huawei has seen a two percent increase in UK market share since January, Zhang’s leadership will be fundamental to this continued growth.
Commenting on his appointment, Zhang said: “Huawei is growing from strength to strength across Europe and beyond, but we’re only just getting started. I’m delighted to be joining the UK division at such an exciting time in the company’s growth. With the upcoming launch of the P20, I look forward to introducing consumers across the country to a smartphone that will disrupt the status quo.”
Prior to Huawei, Zhang graduated from Central South University in China, and holds a degree in mechanism design & manufacturing.
About Huawei Consumer BG
Huawei's products and services are available in more than 170 countries, and are used by a third of the world's population, ranking third in the world in mobile phone shipments in 2015. Fifteen R&D centers have been set up in the United States, Germany, Sweden, Russia, India and China. Huawei's Consumer BG is one of Huawei's three business units and covers smartphones, mobile broadband devices, home devices and cloud services. Huawei's global network is built on 20 years of expertise in the telecom industry and is dedicated to delivering the latest technological advances to consumers around the world.
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