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The fires were lit and a chicken sacrificed at Microsoft’s Reading HQ campus today as new UK CEO Cindy Rose was sworn in* - the first female to run the business locally. Rose was poached from Vodafone where she was head of the consumer division. 1 July was her official start date though she won’t slip into the CEO hot seat for …

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  1. Phil O'Sophical Silver badge

    Cindy Rose?

    Hmm, a likely name. Doesn't she run a webcam service?

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  2. Yugguy

    dammit

    I was going to post that joke

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  3. djstardust

    Vodafone ....

    So she leaves one absolutely terrible company for another.

    Vodafone CS has been dire and she was in charge of it. Good lock Microsoft.

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  4. Mage Silver badge

    Vodafone HQ leaving UK

    How will "Brexit" affect importance of MS UK, won't it report to Ireland, and just be for some local England & Wales stuff?

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      Re: Vodafone HQ leaving UK

      It gets to pretend EU data protection no longer apply. Pretty much like it does in Ireland right now, but without the need for friendly officials to look the other way.

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  5. Tom 7

    What was she called

    before they named her Cindy Rose? I'm guessing her name was too silly to allow her to be appointed.

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  6. Chris G

    A quick google

    Reveals a namesake on pornhub, NSFW. Not my thing either.

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  7. Anonymous Coward
    Facepalm

    Hubba! Hubba!

    Her pr0n name is a Deidre Smith.

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