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IQE plc: Leadership Announcement - Americo Lem...
IQE plc: Leadership Announcement - Americo Lem....
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n IQE plc: Leadership Announcement - Americo Lemos appointed as CEO of IQE \n \n \n \n \n IQE plc \n \n Cardiff, UK22 November 2021\n \n Leadership Announcement\n Americo Lemos\n appointed as\n CEO of IQE\n \n IQE plc (AIM: IQE, \"IQE\" or the \"Group\"), the leading supplier of compound semiconductor wafer products and advanced material solutions to the global semiconductor industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Americo Lemos as Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), starting on 10 January 2022.\n The Board's decision to appoint Mr Lemos follows an extensive and rigorous search process led by Phil Smith, interim Executive Chairman of IQE. With over two decades of managerial experience working with multi-national tech companies, Americo has the skills necessary to lead IQE into the next phase of its evolution, further capitalising on the Group’s position as the scaled global epitaxy leader.\n Americo joins IQE from the executive team at GlobalFoundries Inc. (“GF”), a New York headquartered semiconductor designer and manufacturer. As GF’s Senior Vice President of Business Development for Asia Pacific and China Country President, Americo has been responsible for driving the business’s efficiency and growth in these critical markets. Prior to this, he held executive positions at globally-renowned technology companies including Qualcomm and Intel, having also worked at Flextronics, Texas Instruments and Skyworks, amongst others.\n \n Phil Smith, \n Executive \n Chairman of IQE, commented:\n \n \n “The depth and breadth of \n Americo’s\n industry expertise make him the natural choice to take the business forward in its next stage of growth\n . His appointment will enable us to\n build on our solid\n global industry\n foundations\n and\n market-leading position\n s,\n and take advantage of key structural drivers and opportunities arising \n with \n the \n proliferation\n of 5G and the Internet of Things. \n \n \n Americo is the ideal leader to take over from IQE’s founder \n Dr Drew Nelson\n ,\n who I would like to thank \n for his years of passion and dedication\n to\n building\n the company\n to its current global leadership position\n .” \n \n \n Americo Lemos, \n incoming \n CEO\n of IQE, commented:\n \n \n “I am hugely excited to be joining IQE, a business at the forefront of the UK’s high-tech manufacturing sector ...