Dell Technologies has appointed Chuck Whitten as its new co-chief operating officer to “help lead Dell’s next phase of growth”.
Whitten will take up the new role from 16 August alongside COO Jeff Clarke after spending the last 22 years at Bain & Company.
Dell Chairman and CEO Michael Dell, said that Whitten joined the company at a pivotal time to give us greater leadership capacity to cover more ground, assess more opportunities and speed decision making to best serve customers.
“As our top advisor, Whitten has been an integral part of the team for a long time working across strategy, transformation and operations. I couldn’t be happier to have him as co-COO to capture big growth opportunities across our portfolio as the world becomes more digital and data driven”, Dell said.
“With technology at the centre of the world’s recovery and what’s next, we have tremendous growth opportunity across our core infrastructure and PC businesses and in high-priority areas including hybrid and private cloud, edge, telecom and APEX. Together Jeff, Chuck and I will shape the future of the company and accelerate the outcomes we can drive for customers”, Dell said.
