CGD appoints new CEO
Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD) has announced the appointment of Fabio Necco as CEO. The move is designed to drive forward CGD’s entry into key markets.
Necco takes over as CEO from CGD co-founder, Giorgia Longobardi, who made the announcement, saying, “I am delighted to welcome Fabio to CGD and hand over the day-to-day leadership of the company while I channel my energy into my passion for bringing advanced, sustainable and energy-efficient power electronics solutions to market. Fabio, is the right person with the right skill set to take CGD into its next growth phase, and I shall do all I can to support his initiatives as I transition into my new role as CMO at CGD.”
Necco comes to CGD from Onsemi, the US-based semiconductor company specialised in delivering industry-leading intelligent power and intelligent sensing solutions where he was vice president and division general manager with more than 25 years’ experience in power electronics, application engineering, vehicle electrification, and data centres, all primary market focus points of CGD.
Necco said: “CGD is at an exciting juncture in its history. I have known CGD and Giorgia for years and have long been impressed with its success under her leadership. I am very excited about CGD’s unique technology and to have been chosen to lead our entire team to the next stages of product development as well as substantially increasing our presence in key markets.”
Unlike many other GaN solutions, CGD's ICeGaN technology uses a monolithic, single-chip approach that integrates all necessary components onto a single die, which substantially improves efficiency and performance.
As for CGD Co-founder, Giorgia Longobardi, in addition to her continuing role as CMO at CGD, she will continue to serve as a Director on CGD’s Board and on the Advisory Board of the International Semiconductor Industry Group (ISIG).
