premise: Ben will be our new CEO and he will lead the company . The Board will review the key decisions and provide its support to the management team . In my role as chairman , I will ensure Alcatel - Lucent has the right governance structure . I ' m convinced that all the great assets of the company - the most important being all of you - will make us successful . What 's a possible reason Ben will be the new CEO ?
hypothesis: Because the board believes he will be an effective leader .