Ilan
Daskal has joined International Rectifier as Chief Financial Officer,
replacing interim CFO Peter Knepper on October 6th, 2008. A former Vice
President of Finance & Business Administration for Infineon
Technologies’ North American Communications Business Group, Mr. Daskal
brings more than 20 years of financial and strategic planning
experience from the technology industry.
Prior to joining Infineon in 2001, Mr. Daskal held senior financial management and strategy roles at a number of Israel-based technology companies. One of these companies was Savan Communication, which was acquired by Infineon while Mr. Daskal was CFO for the company. He has a B.A. in accounting from the Tel-Aviv College of Business and an M.S. in finance from the City University of New York.