NXP
Semiconductors has announced the transfer of Pascal Langlois, current
Senior Vice President of Global Sales for NXP, to the post of Corporate
Vice President Sales and Marketing for the new joint venture operation
ST-NXP Wireless, effective from September 1st, 2008.
Mr. Langlois joined NXP in 1999 after the acquisition of VLSI, and assumed responsibility for channel management and global sales for the Multimarket Semiconductor Business Unit. He was appointed Senior Vice President of Global Sales in 2006.
Alexander Everke, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Multimarket Semiconductors Business Unit, will take on the extra responsibility of overseeing the global sales function at NXP on an interim basis.
“While I regret the loss of Pascal’s experience for NXP, I would like to congratulate Pascal on this appointment and wish him every success in the JV,” said Frans van Houten, CEO for NXP. “We are proud that three senior executives from NXP will have key roles driving the success of ST-NXP Wireless. Pascal will work alongside Marc Cetto and Abhijit Bhattacharya who were both announced already.”