Dutt quits Samsung, walks in to HP

Samsung Country Head, Sunil Dutt has quit company to join the Personal Systems Group of Hewlett Packard.

Dutt will replace Ravi Swaminathan, President HP India, Personal Systems Group. He would be reporting to MD Neelam Dhawan.

Dutt was appointed as the country Heasd in 2007 and was responsible for spearheading the sales and marketing function for both Samsung GSM and CDMA mobile business in the country.

A post graduate in management, Dutt brings with him 23 years of rich and varied work experience, having worked in organizations like Philips India, Wipro Limited, Whirlpool, Barista and Nokia. Prior to joining Samsung, he worked at Nokia India as Director, Sales, where he was responsible for driving sales and building the strong distribution and retail backbone for the company.

Dutt has been actively involved with the growth of Indian mobile Industry and has been one of the pioneers in building the channel /distribution for mobiles, driving penetration and retail development for mobile handset business in the country. Having been associated with the telecom industry since 2002 he has deep knowledge of the Indian telecom market.

There is no update available who will take the reins from Dutt.