04.28.17
STMicroelectronics announced the appointment of Jean-Marc Chery as Deputy CEO, effective July 1, 2017. Chery currently serves as COO and, in his new role, he will continue to report to Carlo Bozotti, ST’s president and CEO. In this new role, Chery will hold overall responsibility for technology and manufacturing as well as for sales and marketing.
ST’s Executive Team members will be:
• Orio Bellezza, president, global technology and manufacturing.
• Marco Cassis, president, global sales and marketing.
• Claude Dardanne, president, Microcontrollers and Digital ICs Group.
• Carlo Ferro, CFO and president, finance, legal, infrastructure and services.
• Marco Monti, president, Automotive and Discrete Group.
• Georges Penalver, chief strategy officer and president, strategy, communication, human resources and quality.
• Benedetto Vigna, president, Analog, MEMS and Sensors Group.
These appointments and new organization are effective July 1, 2017, upon shareholder approval of the reappointment of Bozotti as the sole member of the Managing Board and president and CEO of ST, at the Company’s next Annual General Meeting.
Chery began his career in the Quality organization of Matra, the French engineering group. In 1986, he joined Thomson Semiconducteurs, which subsequently became ST, and held various management positions in product planning and manufacturing, rising to lead ST’s wafer fabs in Tours, France, and later in Rousset, France. In 2005, Chery took charge of ST’s Front-End Manufacturing in Asia Pacific.
In 2008, he was promoted CTO and assumed additional responsibilities for manufacturing and quality (2011) and the Digital Product Sector (2012). In 2014, he was promoted COO. Chery chairs the Board of STS, ST’s manufacturing joint venture in China, and holds board membership at the European microelectronics R&D program AENEAS.
ST’s Executive Team members will be:
• Orio Bellezza, president, global technology and manufacturing.
• Marco Cassis, president, global sales and marketing.
• Claude Dardanne, president, Microcontrollers and Digital ICs Group.
• Carlo Ferro, CFO and president, finance, legal, infrastructure and services.
• Marco Monti, president, Automotive and Discrete Group.
• Georges Penalver, chief strategy officer and president, strategy, communication, human resources and quality.
• Benedetto Vigna, president, Analog, MEMS and Sensors Group.
These appointments and new organization are effective July 1, 2017, upon shareholder approval of the reappointment of Bozotti as the sole member of the Managing Board and president and CEO of ST, at the Company’s next Annual General Meeting.
Chery began his career in the Quality organization of Matra, the French engineering group. In 1986, he joined Thomson Semiconducteurs, which subsequently became ST, and held various management positions in product planning and manufacturing, rising to lead ST’s wafer fabs in Tours, France, and later in Rousset, France. In 2005, Chery took charge of ST’s Front-End Manufacturing in Asia Pacific.
In 2008, he was promoted CTO and assumed additional responsibilities for manufacturing and quality (2011) and the Digital Product Sector (2012). In 2014, he was promoted COO. Chery chairs the Board of STS, ST’s manufacturing joint venture in China, and holds board membership at the European microelectronics R&D program AENEAS.