Blackberry phone maker RIM gets a new boss

January 23, 2012 11:54

Research In Motion, the maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, has appointed Thorsten Heins as president and chief executive officer of the company with immediate effect.

"Acting on the recommendation of its co-chief executive officers to implement the succession plan they previously submitted to the board, it has unanimously named Thorsten Heins as president and chief executive officer," RIM said in a statement.

Heins was also appointed to RIM's board. The board acted after conducting its own due diligence.

Heins joined RIM from Siemens Communications Group in December 2007 as senior vice president for hardware engineering and became chief operating officer for product andsales in August 2011.

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