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'Removing People from Their Comfort Areas'

On July 1, Ollila gave the inner circle of fortysomething Finns who run Nokia's chief divisions new jobs to position them for the first leg of the next century

PEKKA ALA-PIETILA
The handset chief who oversaw development of the 6100 is now vice-chairman in charge of new ventures

SARI BALDAUF
The former top Asia-Pacific exec will head up development of Nokia's Third Generation products Mastery in phones doesn't guarantee success in pocket-size Net devices, where Nokia will have to contend with palmtop PCs

MATTI ALAHUHTA
The ex-infrastructure honcho has been given global responsibility for handsets

OLLI-PEKKA KALLASVUO
Later this year, Nokia's No.1 executive in the U.S. will return to Helsinki to become chief financial officer




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