Eastman Kodak Co, the camera and film company undergoing a difficult transition to digital products and services, on Wednesday said Chief Executive Dan Carp will step down in June and be succeeded by the president, Antonio Perez. Carp, 57, will remain chairman until he retires in January 2006, when Perez will add that title. Perez, 59, joined Kodak in April 2003 after 25 years at Hewlett-Packard Co Carp, who joined Rochester, New York-based Kodak in 1970 as a statistical analyst, became CEO in January 2000 and chairman in December 2000.
The change comes as the 111-year-old company seeks to emphasise commercial printing and consumer digital cameras and services and move away from the declining market for traditional film and film development. Kodak is midway through a plan, announced in late 2003, to shutter manufacturing operations around the world and cut some 15,000 jobs.
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