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Justin Hotard, CEO of Nokia

Who is the CEO of Nokia in 2026?

Justin Hotard is the Chief Executive Officer and President of Nokia. Justin has held the CEO seat since March 2025, and was previously Executive Vice President and General Manager, Data Center & AI Business Group at Intel.

Updated September 23, 2026
Time in seat
1 year
CEO since March 2025
Career span
31 years
First recorded role January 1995
Education
MIT Sloan School of Management
MBA
Summary
  • Before Nokia, Justin Hotard was Executive Vice President and General Manager, Data Center & AI Business Group at Intel from February 2024 to March 2025.
  • Justin Hotard was Corporate SVP & President of HPE Japan at Hewlett Packard Enterprise from October 2019 to September 2020.
  • Justin Hotard sat on the board of H3C from October 2020 to June 2021.

Current company

Nokia

Nokia is a Finnish multinational telecommunications and information technology company.

telecommunications deviceHeadquartered in EspooFounded 1865NYSE: NOK

Source: Wikidata
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Career and education

Justin Hotard has been CEO of Nokia since March 2025. Before Nokia, Justin was Executive Vice President and General Manager, Data Center & AI Business Group at Intel from February 2024 until March 2025.

Career

  1. Nokia2025 to present
    • President and CEO
  2. Intel1995 to 2025
    • Executive Vice President and General Manager, Data Center & AI Business GroupFebruary 2024 to March 2025
    • Engineer InternJanuary 1995 to August 1995
  3. Hewlett Packard Enterprise2015 to 2024
    • Executive Vice President & GM, HPC & AI Business Group and Hewlett Packard LabsMarch 2021 to January 2024
    • Senior Vice President, Corporate TransformationSeptember 2020 to March 2021
    • Corporate SVP & President of HPE JapanOctober 2019 to September 2020
    • Senior Vice President & General Manager, Compute Global Business UnitJanuary 2017 to October 2019
    • Vice President Strategy, Planning, and Operations, Data Center Infrastructure GroupAugust 2015 to January 2017
  4. H3C2020 to 2021
    • Board Member
  5. Atlas Advisors, LLC2015
    • Senior Advisor
  6. NCR Corporation2007 to 2014
    • President NCR Small BusinessJuly 2013 to November 2014
    • Vice President Corporate DevelopmentJuly 2012 to August 2013
    • General Manager, NCR EntertainmentAugust 2010 to June 2012
    • Vice President Business DevelopmentApril 2007 to August 2010
  7. Motorola Mobility (a Lenovo Company)1996 to 2007
    • Director of Product ManagementMarch 2005 to March 2007
    • Senior Manager of Business DevelopmentFebruary 2003 to March 2005
    • Senior Sales EngineerMay 1996 to July 2000
  8. Deloitte2001
    • Consultant Internship
  9. The Monitor Group2001
    • Consultant Internship

Sources: LinkedIn profile

Education

MIT Sloan School of Management, MBAMassachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management, MBAUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, BS, Electrical EngineeringSource

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Richard MillerChief Growth Officer · USA@nokia.com
Suresh NairSenior Vice President of Engineering · IND@nokia.com
Greg DegnanSVP Software Engineering · USA@nokia.com
Emilio BrambillaHead of Strategy, Sales and Business Operations (SVP), Americas (North and Latin America) · USA@nokia.com
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Leadership team at Nokia

Justin Hotard leads a leadership team of 12 published executives. The most recent appointment is Kristen Pressner as Chief People Officer, in seat since 2026.

Most senior 5 of 12

NameTitleIn seat since
Justin HotardPresident and CEOApril 2025
Victoria HanrahanChief of Staff to the President and CEOJune 2025
Marco WirénChief Financial OfficerSeptember 2020
Esa NiinimäkiChief Legal and Administrative OfficerJanuary 2023
Raghav SahgalChief Customer OfficerNot stated

Sources: Nokia 2025 Form 20-F

Frequently asked questions

Who is the CEO of Nokia?

Justin Hotard is the Chief Executive Officer and President of Nokia. Justin has held the CEO seat since March 2025, and was previously Executive Vice President and General Manager, Data Center & AI Business Group at Intel.

When did Justin Hotard become CEO of Nokia?

Justin Hotard has been CEO of Nokia since March 2025, according to LinkedIn profile.

What did Justin Hotard do before Nokia?

Justin Hotard was Executive Vice President and General Manager, Data Center & AI Business Group at Intel from February 2024 until March 2025, according to LinkedIn profile.

How long has Justin Hotard been CEO of Nokia?

Justin Hotard has been CEO of Nokia for 1 year, since March 2025.

Who else leads Nokia?

Victoria Hanrahan (Chief of Staff to the President and CEO), Marco Wirén (Chief Financial Officer), Esa Niinimäki (Chief Legal and Administrative Officer), Raghav Sahgal (Chief Customer Officer), and 7 more. Source: Nokia 2025 Form 20-F.

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Methodology

The seat holder is identified in Unify's professional profile dataset, then confirmed against the company's published leadership page, its SEC filings, and Wikipedia before publication. Career and education rows carry the public document they were taken from. Leadership team membership follows the company's own leadership page; in-seat dates come from filings where available and otherwise from the profile record. Company figures are read from the Unify headcount page for the same company and are profile coverage measures, never company-reported workforce totals. The employee preview lists vice president and senior vice president level profiles by department. No personal contact details are published.

Identity confirmed against Wikipedia, Nokia. Last verified: September 23, 2026.