Google picks Pichette to hold the purse

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by Stephen Withers

Thursday, 26 June 2008

! Google has appointed Patrick Pichette as its senior vice president and chief financial officer. Related stories Google goes to 'Android Market' in App Store challenge How to Google without Google Google Android delay: Bluetooth, GTalk APIs How the World loves Linux, according to Google searches Three nations, one language - but what about their search interests? Most popular skills tags .NET Active Directory C# Cisco Development HTML Infrastructure Management Network Oracle Project Management SAP SDLC SQL Server Support Sybase TCP/IP Unix VB.NET Web Services/SOAP XML "Patrick brings the expertise and track record of a successful CFO, along with the hands-on business experience of a seasoned operations executive," said chairman and chief executive officer Eric Schmidt. "This strong combination of skills and experience will be an important addition to Google's executive management team and will support our ongoing efforts to increase value for our users, advertisers and partners." Pichette was most recently president of operations at Bell Canada, where he previously held various executive positions. Other items on his CV include partner at McKinsey & Company, and vice president and CFO at Call-Net Enterprises Pichette holds a BA in business administration from Université du Québec à Montréal, and an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to post your comment! Tags See All Tags Appointments  Google  Management  People  Stephen Withers  Get stories like this delivered daily - FREE - subscribe now

 

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