Cohu, Inc. announced that Andreas (Andy) W. Mattes has been appointed to the Cohu Board of Directors as Class 3 director, effective November 1, 2022. Mr. Mattes will also serve on the Compensation Committee. Mr. Mattes brings to Cohu's Board of Directors extensive experience as a global technology CEO and business executive with more than 30 years of management experience.

He most recently served as President and CEO of Coherent, Inc., where he operationally transformed the company and led its $6.6 billion acquisition by II-VI Incorporated in July 2022. Prior to Coherent, Mr. Mattes was a Senior Advisor at McKinsey & Company, where he focused on advising international businesses on high-impact transformations, agile change and positioning companies for growth. Prior to that, he served as President and CEO of Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated.

Previously, he spent more than five years in executive leadership positions at Hewlett Packard, including leading worldwide sales for the technology solutions group and running the Americas enterprise services business. He spent the first 20 years of his career at Siemens AG culminating in his role as CEO of Siemens Communications Inc., USA. Mr. Mattes also serves on the board of Velodyne Lidar, Inc.