Intel Corporation has announced a series of significant changes to its top executive team, effective immediately. Michelle Johnston Holthaus, the company’s products chief, will leave her position after more than three decades with the U.S. chipmaker. Holthaus, who has held various senior leadership roles—including interim co‑CEO—will remain a strategic adviser for the coming months.
The changes come as Intel’s CEO, Lip‑Bu Tan, intensifies efforts to turn the company around. Tan has been streamlining operations and flattening the leadership structure, with key chip groups now reporting directly to him. This restructuring is part of a broader strategy to improve efficiency and competitiveness in the chip industry.
Intel also announced the appointment of Kevork Kechichian as executive vice president and general manager of the data‑centre group. Kechichian is a veteran of the chip industry, having previously worked at Arm, NXP Semiconductors, and Qualcomm, and his expertise is expected to benefit Intel’s data‑centre business significantly.
In addition, a new central engineering group has been created, led by senior vice president Srinivasan Iyengar. This group will focus on building a custom silicon business to serve a range of external customers. Naga Chandrasekaran, executive vice president and chief technology and operations officer of Intel Foundry, will expand his role to include Foundry Services. Jim Johnson has been appointed general manager of Intel’s client computing group.
These leadership changes come at a critical time for Intel, as the company faces uncertainty and challenges in the global chip market. The U.S. government has recently announced plans to take a 10 % stake in the company, and there have been calls for CEO Tan to resign due to perceived conflicts of interest. Despite these pressures, Intel remains committed to improving efficiency, competitiveness, and innovation, and the new leadership structure is expected to play a key role in achieving those objectives.
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