Sou Hu Cai Jing·2025-12-29 04:57Executive Changes - Honor's CMO Guo Rui has left the company after serving as the brand marketing president since August 2021 [2] - Xiaomi announced personnel adjustments in its China region, appointing Wang Xiaoyan as the general manager of Sales Operation Department One and making several other managerial changes [3] - Zhang Yutong, co-founder of Moonlight, has been appointed as the president, responsible for the company's strategy and commercialization [4] - Wang Xiaogang from SenseTime has been appointed as the chairman of Daxiao Robotics [5][7] - NetEase's executive vice president Ding Yingfeng has decided to retire, effective December 31, 2025 [8] - China Mobile's chairman Yang Jie has resigned due to age, with Chen Zhongyue appointed as the new chairman [9] Global Leadership Changes - Lou Gerstner, former CEO of IBM, has passed away at the age of 83, known for transforming IBM's focus from hardware to services [12] - Apple is restructuring its AI department, with the retirement of its AI chief John Giannandrea and the hiring of Amar Subramanya from Microsoft [14] - Apple has announced several executive changes, including Jennifer Newstead as the new general counsel starting March 1, 2026 [15] - Samsung Electronics has appointed Lee Kang-soo as the first head of its newly established AI research institute [16] - Groq's founders and executives are joining NVIDIA to enhance their licensing technology [18] - OpenAI has appointed Denise Dresser as Chief Revenue Officer and Albert Lee as Vice President of Corporate Development [19][20] - OpenAI has appointed former UK Chancellor George Osborne to lead the "OpenAI for Countries" initiative [21] - Amazon is restructuring its general AI department following the departure of executive Rohit Prasad [22] - Meta has appointed Aman Jain as the new public policy head for India [23] - Intel has appointed Robin Colwell as the head of government affairs [24] - GlobalFoundries has appointed Sam Franklin as the new Chief Financial Officer [25] - Coupang's chairman Park Dae-jun has resigned due to a major data breach incident [26] - DXC Technology has appointed Russell Jukes as Chief Digital Information Officer [27][30]