Renesas Electronics Europe announces new European management following merger

Article Type: Appointments From: Microelectronics International, Volume 27, Issue 3

Renesas Electronics Europe have a new executive team. The announcement coincides with the merger of the former NEC Electronics Corporation (NEC Electronics) and Renesas Technology Corp. which has already taken effect.

Renesas Electronics Europe’s top management will be comprised of Tsutomu Miki as chairman and Robert Green as president and CEO. Prior to the merger,Tsutomu Miki (54) was president and CEO of Renesas Technology Europe GmbH. He joined Renesas in 2003 from Mitsubishi. Robert Green (50) was previously president and CEO of NEC Electronics Europe and joined NEC Electronics from Atmel in 1999, with previous experience at Philips Semiconductors. Renesas Electronics Europe Ltd will be headquartered in Buckinghamshire in the UK. The German-based Business Operations Centre and headquarters of Renesas Electronics Europe GmbH will be located in Düsseldorf. This will be a subsidiary of Renesas Electronics Europe Ltd, while the other European operations will be subsidiaries of the Düsseldorf office.

Renesas Electronics Europe will be structured into three divisions –the Business Group (BG), the Engineering Group (EG), and the Corporate Group(CG) – to reflect the merged company’s strategic orientation going forward.

The BG will itself be subdivided into the following five application oriented divisions:

• 1.

  Automotive BG, to be managed by Gerd Look and Peter Mies.

• 2.

  Communications and Consumer BG, headed up by Daniel Tannière and Joerg Frese.

• 3.

  Industrial BG, led by Holger Zielke and Haroon Rashid.

• 4.

  Secure MCU Centre, managed by Volker Politz.

• 5.

  Mobile Platform Centre, headed by Dr Manfred Schlett.

The EG will be headed up by Koki Noguchi and Matthias Voigt. The EG comprises two divisions: the Engineering Design Centre, under Koki Noguchi’s leadership; and the Engineering Technology Centre led by Matthias Voigt. The new European company also has a Quality Centre to provide technical support to local customers in Europe.

The CG covers organisational and enterprise services. The business planning,finance and IT areas will be managed by Toshihiko Ono; supply chain management by Stefan Sauer; and human resources and general affairs by Thomas Ballhausen.