People -10/08/07

Dion Joannou, current President North America, will leave Nortel to pursue other personal interests.

Vodafone Essar CFO Christopher J. Foll and legal head Geoff Carolan are on their way out.

Verizon Wireless has named Anthony Melone as senior vice president and chief technical officer.

NSN has appointed Linda Khumalo as head of its southern Africa sub-region, replacing Jan Mrosik.

Virgin Media has appointed Graeme Oxby as Managing Director of Virgin Mobile.