Intel announced that its board of directors has appointed Pat Gelsinger as its new chief executive officer, effective February 15.

Marijana Bačić and Jerko Dumanić are promoted to the new, vice-presidential positions in Hrvatski Telekom.

New Nokia president and CEO Pekka Lundmark will take over the position from Rajeev Suri a month earlier than planned on 1 August.

Nokia has appointed Marco Wirén as CFO of the company and member of the Group Leadership Team, replacing current CFO Kristian Pullola.

The Libra Association chose an experienced financial expert as its first CEO.

Igor Vukasović assumed the position of the Director of the Corporate Communications Department of Hrvatski Telekom as of April 1.

Nokia’s Board of Directors has appointed Pekka Lundmark as President and CEO.

Goran Car is the new member of the Management Board and CEO of Combis, the company’s Assembly decided.

Andy D. Bryant stepped down as Intel chairman and the board elected Omar Ishrak to succeed him as an independent chairman, effective immediately.

Dell announced that Jeff Clarke vill take over the role of its COO and vice chairman.

Intel announced that James J. Goetz was elected to the company's board of directors.

As society and business increasingly consume and produce digital goods and services, a digitally dexterous workforce is essential to foster agility, collaboration and the adoption of new digital technologies, according to Gartner.

HR and recruitment leaders have begun using applications of AI to improve HR efficiency and enhance employee experience.

Interest in blockchain continues to be high, but there is still a significant gap between the hype and market reality, according to Gartner.

IBM has appointed Johannes Maurer as the new General Manager for South East Europe.

Despite rising regulatory scrutiny to combat privacy breaches, Gartner predicts that, by 2023, 75% of large organizations will hire AI behavior forensic, privacy and customer trust specialists to reduce risk.

Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google and one of the largest stakeholders in parent company Alphabet, will step down from Alphabet’s board in June, according to Bloomberg.

Intel announced the appointment of George S. Davis as executive vice president and CFO.

Emerging digital trends are top of mind for customer service and support leaders in 2019, according to a recent survey by Gartner.

Gartner predicts that by 2021, CIOs will be as responsible for culture change as chief HR officers.

IT companies have no other choice but to be highly creative and persevering in order to attract and retain the required staff.

In 2019, HR leaders’ top three key initiatives will be building critical skills and competencies, strengthening the current and future leadership bench and improving employee experience, according to Gartner.

New Rimac Automobili COO Tim Richardson combines years of experience as an automotive executive leading large operational organizations and developing manufacturing capabilities.

Intel announced that its board of directors has named Robert (Bob) Swan as the seventh CEO in Intel’s 50-year history.

Apple has hired an executive from Samsung SDI, the battery making affiliate of Samsung Electronics, to help lead its own battery work, according to Bloomberg.

Business leaders are looking to digitalization to create a higher-performing workforce, therefore digitalizing HR is the top-priority initiative for chief HR officers this year, according to Gartner.

IDC announced that Crawford Del Prete has been named by its parent company, International Data Group, as IDC's new President.

With U.S. unemployment rates remaining at historic lows, and more jobs available than there are people to fill them, U.S. workers are leveraging healthy economic conditions to become more active in their job searches, according to Gartner.

The number of employees in Germany reporting a high intent to stay with their current employer has fallen nearly 15 percentage points over the last three years, according to Gartner.

67 percent of business leaders agree their company must become significantly digitalized by 2020 to remain competitive, and they are looking for HR leaders to lead this transformation, according to Gartner.