Stephen Elop out as new Microsoft boss reshuffles deck

Canadian who was Nokia's first non-Finnish CEO and returned to Microsoft after selling handset division is replaced

Nokia's former chief executive, Stephen Elop, who was placed in charge of Microsoft's mobile devices after Nokia's handset business was bought by the company founded by Bill Gates, has been replaced in a shake up of staff.

Elop, 51, will be replaced by Terry Myerson who becomes head of Microsoft's newly conjoined Windows and Devices group, responsible for the Lumia brand smartphones and other devices including the Xbox and Surface, and Windows.