DGAP-News: Dialog Semiconductor Plc. / Key word(s): Change of Personnel
Dialog Semiconductor Plc Appoints Wissam Jabre as Chief Financial Officer
08.03.2016 / 07:30
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London, United Kingdom - March 8, 2016 - Dialog Semiconductor plc
(FWB:DLG), a provider of highly integrated power management, AC/DC power
conversion, solid state lighting (SSL) and Bluetooth(R) Smart wireless
technology, today announced the appointment of Wissam Jabre as the
company's Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Jabre will report to Dialog's CEO,
Jalal Bagherli, and will have responsibility for the company's global
finance function. He joins Dialog after serving as Corporate Vice
President of Finance at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) since 2014.
Between 2003 and 2014, Mr. Jabre held various executive positions at
Freescale Semiconductor, including Vice President and Chief Procurement
Officer, Vice President Global Pricing, Chief Financial Officer of the
Networking & Multimedia Solutions Group as well as senior roles within
Corporate Treasury. During this period he gained extensive experience in
accounting, financial planning, treasury, procurement, and merger and
acquisition integration. He began his career at Schlumberger, gaining
international experience in the Middle East, Europe and North America,
before joining Motorola in 2000. He holds a Bachelor of Electrical
Engineering degree and received an MBA from Columbia Business School, New
York in 1998.
"Wissam Jabre is a seasoned financial executive with a strong sector
background in the semiconductor industry and significant international
business experience," said Dialog CEO, Jalal Bagherli, "I am very pleased
to welcome Wissam to Dialog, his experience and leadership will be
extremely valuable as Dialog continues to grow and explore new high growth
markets and opportunities within the semiconductor industry. With his
expertise in finance, he will be a strong addition to the Dialog executive
team and we look forward to having him on board."
"I am excited to be joining Dialog's leadership team. As both a premier
mixed signal semiconductor company and an enabler of compelling power
saving technologies within portable computing markets, Dialog is a proven
high-growth company with a strong track record for innovation and for
defining new markets," Wissam Jabre commented, "I believe the potential for
future growth and value creation is tremendous, given the depth of
technology, and the smart and passionate people that I have already met in
the company."
‒ ENDS ‒
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Dialog Semiconductor
Jose Cano
Head of Investor Relations
T: +44 (0)1793 756 961
jose.cano@diasemi.com
FTI Consulting London
Matt Dixon
T: +44 (0)2037 271 137
matt.dixon@fticonsulting.com
FTI Consulting Frankfurt
Anja Meusel
T: +49 (0) 69 9203 7120
Anja.Meusel@fticonsulting.com
About Dialog Semiconductor
Dialog Semiconductor provides highly integrated standard (ASSP) and custom
(ASIC) mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs), optimized for smartphone,
computing, IoT, LED Solid State Lighting (SSL) and smart home applications.
Dialog brings decades of experience to the rapid development of ICs while
providing flexible and dynamic support, world-class innovation and the
assurance of dealing with an established business partner. With world-class
manufacturing partners, Dialog operates a fabless business model and is a
socially responsible employer pursuing many programs to benefit the
employees, community, other stakeholders and the environment we operate in.
Dialog's power saving technologies including DC-DC configurable system
power management deliver high efficiency and enhance the consumer's user
experience by extending battery lifetime and enabling faster charging of
their portable devices. Its technology portfolio also includes audio,
Bluetooth(R) Smart, Rapid Charge(TM) AC/DC power conversion and
multi-touch.
Dialog Semiconductor plc is headquartered in London with a global sales,
R&D and marketing organization. In 2015, it had approximately $1.35 billion
in revenue and was one of the fastest growing European public semiconductor
companies. It currently has approximately 1,650 employees worldwide. The
company is listed on the Frankfurt (FWB: DLG) stock exchange (Regulated
Market, Prime Standard, ISIN GB0059822006) and is a member of the German
TecDax index.
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Language: English
Company: Dialog Semiconductor Plc.
Tower Bridge House, St. Katharine's Way
E1W 1AA London
United Kingdom
Phone: +49 7021 805-412
Fax: +49 7021 805-200
E-mail: jose.cano@diasemi.com, lauren.ofstedahl@diasemi.com
Internet: www.dialog-semiconductor.com
ISIN: GB0059822006, XS0757015606
WKN: 927200
Indices: TecDAX
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated
Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich,
Stuttgart; Terminbörse EUREX; Luxemburg
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