Miles Flint chose to put an end to his career of President of Sony Ericsson. He will be replaced on November 1 by Hideki ‘Dick’ Komiyama, who is currently the Chairman of the Board of Sony Electronics.
However, Flint will not leave the company immediately. He stated that it plans to remain as Executive Advisor to Komiyama until the end of December 2007. Regarding his decision, Flint commented:
“After nearly 17 years in Sony and Sony Ericsson, I wish to develop new personal and business opportunities and intend to take a short career break before deciding on my next steps. Leading a major mobile handset company which is also a joint venture between two of the world’s great companies has been a wonderful and rewarding experience.”
Miles Flint became the President of Sony Ericsson back in June 2004. Under his “reign” the company rose up to the position of world's fourth-largest phone manufacturer. The company sold 74.8 million units in 2006 and currently has a 9.1% market share.
Also, during this period Sony Ericsson introduced several new products to its line up, with the Walkman music phones and Cyber-shot imaging phones as the main names on the list.
Needless to say, Komiyama is now facing a pair of business shoes that are pretty hard to fill.
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