Emma Walmsley hired as CEO of US tech giant HP

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 4 Nov, 16:38 · Archive

Former GSK boss Emma Walmsley has been hired as CEO of computer and printer maker HP.

Emma Walmsley, the former chief executive of FTSE 100 pharmaceuticals giant GSK, has been hired to lead US computer and printer maker HP. She will take up the role on 4 January, replacing interim chief executive Bruce Broussard, who will become chairman.

Walmsley is taking over a company facing significant industry challenges, including a memory chip crunch that has pushed up prices and driven a broader downturn. HP was founded as Hewlett-Packard in 1939 and split into two companies in 2015, with HP focusing on personal computers and printers while HPE handles corporate hardware and services.

Walmsley spent nine years leading GSK and previously worked for 17 years at French beauty group L'Oreal. She is a board member at Microsoft, though she has no prior experience running a technology hardware business. The appointment marks another sector change for one of Britain's best-known executives. Her predecessor Enrique Lores, the previous full-time CEO, left to take over at payments firm PayPal.

How it is being reported

• HP taps Emma Walmsley, ex-GSK chief and Microsoft board member, as CEOHP, like peers Dell Technologies, Apple and Lenovo, is caught in a global memory chip squeeze.New York Post · 4 Nov, 17:37
• Ex-GSK boss Emma Walmsley hired to take controls of US tech giant HPFormer GSK boss Emma Walmsley has been hired to take the controls of US-based computer maker HP as it grapples with AI-driven turbulence.This is Money · 4 Nov, 16:10
• HP Inc hires former GSK boss as CEOBrit Emma Walsley swaps big pharma for big printer: Prep for PCs, ink, and lots of DRAM-induced headachesThe Register · 4 Nov, 14:50

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