Intel Announces Leadership Shuffle

Intel has announced a leadership shuffle, the largest change being the departure of Michelle Holthaus, chief executive of Intel Products, who will remain as a “strategic advisor over the coming months.”

Kevork Kechichian will join Intel as executive vice president and general manager of Intel’s DCG. He was formerly an executive vice president of solutions engineering at Arm and has also worked at NXP Semiconductors and Qualcomm. The role was previously occupied in the interim by Karin Eibschitz Segal.

Jim Johnson has been promoted to senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s CCG after working in the role on an interim basis. According to Johnson’s LinkedIn, he has been with the company for 41 years, having previously worked as senior vice president of the Client Business Group and general manager of Client Platform Engineering.