By Cristina Roca


Infineon Technologies AG said Thursday that Rutger Wijburg will join its management board as its new chief operations officer on April 1.

Mr. Wijburg will succeed Jochen Hanebeck, who was appointed chief executive in November. Mr. Wijburg joined the company in 2018.

"We are very pleased that Rutger Wijburg, an internationally experienced industry expert with intimate knowledge of both semiconductor manufacturing and the silicon foundry world is joining the Management Board team," Chairman Wolfgang Eder said.


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