Huawei U.K. Directors Resign as Company Stays Silent on Russia

This isn’t the first time Huawei has seen U.K. board members depart due to geopolitical concerns. Photo: Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) — Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.’s U.K. nonexecutive directors have stepped down after the Chinese telecommunications giant didn’t condemn Russia’s attack on Ukraine.

Andrew Cahn, a former senior civil servant, and Ken Olisa, a technology and financial entrepreneur, felt their positions were untenable in light of the company’s silence, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named because the discussions are private.