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Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo NOKIA DIALS...
...previous boss took Nokia from creaky Finnish conglomerate to the world leader in mobile phones; Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo will have to make sure it stays there. As former head of the phone unit and CFO, Kallasvuo, 52, has the operational chops to succeed longtime CEO Jorma Ollila next June. But the landscape is far different from the one Ollila dealt with: cell phones are ubiquitous, sales are slowing, and margins are thinning. Nokia needs more cutting-edge products, as its two closest rivals, Motorola and Samsung, ramp up their attacks. Still, Kallasvuo is a good bet to answer that call...