Huawei’s high-profile consumer boss Richard Yu moves to chairman role

China’s Huawei Technologies has named the high-profile chief of its consumer business, Yu Chengdong, to a new role chairing the unit, a person with knowledge of the matter said.

The move was announced within Huawei last week, the person said. He Gang, the consumer business group’s chief operating officer, will now be CEO. Yu’s new title is chairman.

Yu had been CEO of Huawei’s consumer unit, which includes its smartphone business, since 2012, a period that saw rapid growth, a hit from US sanctions to the company’s supply chain and more recently a rebound in sales.