HP Inc. announced the appointment of industry leader Ernest Nicolas as Chief Supply Chain Officer. Nicolas succeeds Antoine Simonnet who has made the decision to retire after a nearly 40-year esteemed career in the IT industry. Nicolas joins HP from Rockwell Automation, where he served as Chief Supply Chain Officer.

In this global leadership role, he had overall responsibility of the end-to-end supply chain including Supply Chain Planning, Strategy & Transformation, Strategic Sourcing, Manufacturing Operations, Logistics & Customer Care as well as Enterprise Quality teams. Before his role as Chief Supply Chain officer, Nicolas was senior vice president, Operations & Engineering Services. Prior to that, he served as vice president, Global Supply Chain.