Master's in Applied Physics, Twente University of Technology, Enschede, Netherlands. Over 15 years of experience in managing technology companies in the US and Europe. Worked as a crude oil trader, Royal Dutch Shell; lectured in Physics and Electronics, University of Zambia; five years with McKinsey & Company; held senior positions at Canesta, a fables semiconductor company and Philips Components, both based in Sunnyvale, California; at Philips, part of the executive team that established a successful consumer electronics joint venture with LGE; three years as Chief Executive, NexWave, a provider of embedded software solutions for the consumer electronics market, based in France; Nov. 2007, appointed as Chief Executive Officer, CSR. Dec. 2011, appointed as Chairman, Global Semiconductor Alliance.