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3Com's New Chief to be Based in China

Marguerite Reardon writes on the C|Net News Blog:

Network equipment maker 3Com announced Wednesday a new CEO who will be based in China.

Robert Mao, 64, will succeed Edgar Masri as chief executive officer. Mao, who is fluent in Mandarin and English, had most recently been 3Com's executive vice president for corporate development. Prior to working at 3Com, he headed up Nortel Network's China operations. And before that he had worked for the French telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel, which is now Alcatel-Lucent.

The news of the management shift comes after the U.S. government essentially put the kibosh on a proposed $2.2 billion buyout of 3Com by Bain Capital Partners and Huawei Technologies.

posted by Fergie @ 4/30/2008 04:15:00 PM