Peter Kelly, NXP Semiconductors' current executive vice president and co-general manager of operations, has been appointed to succeed Sundström.
"I would like to express my deep gratitude to Kelly for playing a key role in driving significant milestones for NXP during his four-year tenure. Furthermore, I'd like to thank him for his focus, leadership and drive which has directly resulted in NXP realizing a substantially improved cost and capital structure," said Rick Clemmer, president and CEO of NXP Semiconductors.