Senior Appointments Mark Organizational Transition Under New CEO, Barry Waite

SINGAPORE -- December 2, 1998 -- Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing has announced the addition of two new executives to senior management posts. John Docherty steps into the new position of senior vice president of manufacturing operations, and Kevin Meyer joins the company as vice president of worldwide marketing. Both men will reside in Singapore and be based at company headquarters there.

These appointments come as part of the company’s organizational transition under the leadership of president and CEO, Barry Waite, who joined Chartered last May.

Commenting on the appointments, Barry Waite said, "With these additions, Chartered now has a team in place that blends extensive industry experience with expertise in strategic global market sectors. Our team can offer customers solid support through our understanding of manufacturing, technology, business practices, product trends, and markets that shape the worldwide semiconductor industry. With a reputation already as a trusted leading independent manufacturer, we’ve assembled a world-class team to drive Chartered to the next stage of growth."

John Docherty joins the company in the new role of senior vice president, manufacturing operations. With the creation of this position, all foundry operations will now be joined under Mr. Docherty’s leadership. He will oversee manufacturing strategy, day-to-day foundry operations, and continuous improvement activities. He will also lead the manufacturing Team’s drive toward enhanced quality, productivity, yield, cost, and delivery. Mr. Docherty will also serve in a key role as member of the company’s policy committee.

An industry veteran with more than 23 years’ experience, Mr. Docherty has worked for both National Semiconductor Corporation and Motorola. Most recently with Motorola, Mr. Docherty was vice president and general manager overseeing four wafer manufacturing facilities in the United States, Scotland and France. He was also responsible for the operations of a Motorola test-and-assembly facility.

Mr. Docherty holds a Bachelor of Science degree in applied physics and electronics from HNC Engineering Napier University in the United Kingdom and a Master of Business Administration from Strathclyde University in Scotland.

Kevin Meyer comes to Chartered as vice president of worldwide marketing. Mr. Meyer will formulate and lead Chartered’s worldwide marketing strategy while working with regional business and sales teams. He is responsible for strategic and tactical marketing activities, marketing intelligence, and marketing communications. He will also direct the company’s marketing groups located in Asia, Europe and North America. Mr. Meyer reports to Rob Baxter, senior vice president, business operations.

Mr. Meyer joins Chartered with more than 15 years’ experience in the semiconductor industry. His prior roles include positions in applications engineering and various management responsibilities in engineering, sales, marketing, regional operations, and business and alliance development.

Prior to joining Chartered, Mr. Meyer was vice president and director of market development and alliances for the semiconductor products sector at Motorola. In that position he was responsible for directing Motorola’s communications and computing systems group’s strategic initiatives in the Pacific Rim market.

Mr. Meyer holds degrees in business administration, computer science, and industrial technology from California State University, Chico.

Mr. Meyer’s position was formerly held by Brian Klene, who now holds the position of vice president, strategic development at Chartered. Mr. Klene reports to Chartered president, Barry Waite.

Members of the executive team reporting to Mr. Waite now include Chia Song Hwee, chief financial officer; Rob Baxter, senior vice president of business operations; John Docherty, senior vice president of manufacturing operations; Lau Chi-Kwan, vice president of quality, reliability assurance; John Martin, vice president of technology development; Brian Klene, vice president of strategic development; Justin Lim, vice president of information technology; and Tan Seng Chai, director of human resources.

About Chartered
Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (www.charteredsemi.com) is a leading dedicated foundry, offering advanced wafer manufacturing processes for a broad range of CMOS logic, memory and mixed-signal technologies. Through alliances with complementary service providers, Chartered helps customers gain access to best-in-class services ranging from design to assembly and final test of packaged chips.

Known for quality processes and exceptional customer service, Chartered is a recipient of Semiconductor International Magazine's Top Fab award. Headquartered in Singapore, the Company operates sales and service offices worldwide. Chartered is a member company of Singapore Technologies, a technology-based multinational conglomerate with 1997 revenues of S $5.4 billion (US $3.4 billion).

 

 

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