Amsterdam, the Netherlands – STMicroelectronics announced the appointment of Didier Lamouche as a new chief operating officer, effective January 26, 2011.[break]
Mr. Lamouche has been a member of the Supervisory Board of STMicroelectronics from April 2006, before stepping down on October 26, 2010, in view of his appointment as COO of ST. From 2004 until mid - October 27, 2010, Amsterdam, the Netherlands – STMicroelectronics announced the appointment of Didier Lamouche as a new chief operating officer, effective January 26, 2011.
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Mr. Lamouche has been a member of the Supervisory Board of STMicroelectronics from April 2006, before stepping down on October 26, 2010, in view of his appointment as COO of ST. From 2004 until mid-2010, Mr. Lamouche served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Groupe Bull, a global IT company.
Mr. Lamouche is a graduate of Ecole Centrale de Lyon and holds a PhD in semiconductor technology. He has more than 20 years experience in the semiconductor industry, holding various senior operational and general management positions. Mr. Lamouche started his career in 1984 in the R&D department of Philips, before joining IBM Microelectronics, where he held several positions in France and the US.
In 1995, he became Director of Operations of Motorola’s Advanced Power IC unit in Toulouse, France. In 1998, he joined IBM as General Manager of its largest European semiconductor site, in Corbeil, France, leading its turnaround and transformation into the joint venture between IBM and Infineon, named Altis Semiconductor, which he managed as CEO for four years.
In 2003, Mr. Lamouche rejoined IBM and was the VP for Worldwide Semiconductor Operations, based in New York, until the end of 2004. In December 2004, he took the position of Chairman and CEO of Groupe Bull, which he left on May 2010 with a revamped portfolio of offerings having re-established a profitable, cash generating, growing company, with a consolidated and new Shareholding structure.
Mr. Lamouche was named ‘Chevalier of the Legion of Honor’ by the French Government in April 2010, in recognition of his contribution to the digital electronics industry in France.
Mr. Lamouche will join ST on November 1, 2010, and following a transition period will formally take over from Alain Dutheil as COO and Vice-President of the Strategic Committee, on January 26, 2011, immediately following the Company’s fourth quarter and full-year 2010 earnings announcement.
Alain Dutheil, who has held the position of ST’s COO since 2005, has decided to retire following 27 years with the Company.
Mr. Dutheil joined Thomson Semiconducteurs, a predecessor company to STMicroelectronics, in 1983, as Plant Manager in Aix-en-Provence, France, following a decade of service with Texas Instruments. Following several senior management roles at ST, including Corporate VP for Strategic Planning and Human Resources, Mr. Dutheil has held the position COO and Vice Chairman of the Corporate Executive Committee at STMicroelectronics since March 2005. ■
LATEST MOVES FROM Amsterdam, the Netherlands – STMicroelectronics announced the appointment of Didier Lamouche as a new chief operating officer, effective January 26, 2011.[break]
Mr. Lamouche has been a member of the Supervisory Board of STMicroelectronics from April 2006, before stepping down on October 26, 20