Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (ALE) has appointed Jack Chen as company CEO, replacing acting CEO Jeff Ma who will continue as a board member of ALE Holdings.
Chen comes to ALE with more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to joining ALE, he was the head of the APAC and China Wireless business in Alcatel-Lucent.
In this position, he was able to double the wireless business in three years. Prior to this, he was an executive vice president in Alcatel Shanghai Bell (ASB), the flagship company of Alcatel-Lucent in China, where he played a critical role in implementing the shift plan.
Before Alcatel-Lucent, he held various positions, such as the global COO of the Alcatel Mobile Radio Business in France and the president of Shanghai Bell Alcatel Mobile Co.