EXFO Inc. announced that Germain Lamonde, the company's founder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), has appointed Philippe Morin as EXFO's new CEO, effective April 1, 2017. Mr. Morin has more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and became EXFO's Chief Operating Officer (COO) in November 2015. Before joining EXFO, Mr. Morin was Senior Vice-President of Worldwide Sales and Field Operations at Ciena.

He also held senior management positions at Nortel Networks, including President of the Optical Networking Division. Mr. Lamonde, who will become EXFO's Executive Chairman, will maintain leadership of the acquisition strategy and remain actively involved in defining the company's growth initiatives, customer outreach and corporate governance.