London, May 9 (ANI): Microsoft has named Amy Hood as its new chief financial officer, making her the first woman to hold the post at the technology giant. The 41-year-old, who is currently the head of finance at Microsoft”s Office division, will replace Peter Klein, who announced his departure in April, reports the BBC. Hood joined Microsoft in 2002. Before that she worked at Goldman Sachs.
The change in personnel comes as the company is battling a decline in consumer PC sales. While at the Office division, Hood worked on the acquisitions of online chat service Skype and business networking company Yammer. Some had tipped Tami Reller, head of finance at Microsoft”s Windows division, to replace Klein, whose departure was announced just months after Steven Sinofsky, the head of Windows, quit the firm. The departures of the two senior figures have come as there have been questions over the leadership of chief executive Steve Ballmer and as the group”s latest operating system Windows 8 has come under fire. (ANI)
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