NXP Leadership

Kurt Sievers (1969, German) is executive director, president and chief executive officer since May 2020, after a successful track record as the president of NXP, overseeing all the company’s business lines, since 2018. Mr. Sievers joined NXP in 1995, and rapidly moved through a series of Marketing & Sales, Product Definition & Development, Strategy and General Management leadership positions across a broad number of market segments. He has been a member of the executive management team since 2009, where he has been instrumental in the definition and implementation of the NXP High-Performance Mixed Signal strategy. In 2015, Mr. Sievers was influential in the merger of NXP and Freescale Semiconductor.

Mr. Sievers serves on the board of the German National Electrical and Electronics Industry Association (ZVEI), the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) and Capgemini S.E. Mr. Sievers served as president of ESIA (European Semiconductor Industry Association) from December 2021 until December 2023. He chaired the advisory board of the international trade-fair Electronica until June 2021. He is also president of AENEAS, an industrial association for application and technology research in Europe on nano-electronics. Mr. Sievers serves as a member of the Asia-Pacific-Committee of German Business (APA) and as a member of the board at the German Asia-Pacific Business Association (OAV), acting as the spokesperson for the Republic of Korea. Mr. Sievers earned a master’s degree in physics and information technology from Augsburg University, Germany.

Lena Olving (1956, Swedish) was appointed a non-executive director of our board of directors effective June 2019. Ms. Olving served as president and CEO of Mycronic AB (listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm) from 2013 to 2019, a Swedish high-tech equipment company serving the electronics industry. Before that, Ms. Olving worked at Saab AB, a listed Defence and Security company, as deputy CEO and chief operating officer. Her earlier career also includes various managerial positions within Volvo Car Corporation, in total 25 years, of which 5 years in Asia Pacific and 7 years in the executive management team.

Ms. Olving is a board member of Assa Abloy AB, Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Investment AB Latour, chair of the board of ScandiNova Systems AB, and board member of Stena Metall AB. She is a fellow of IVA, the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. She holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Chalmers in Gothenburg, Sweden.

In January 2018, Ms. Olving was presented H.M. The King’s Medal of the 12th size with blue ribbon for outstanding efforts within Swedish business sector. In October 2019, she was awarded IVA’s Gold Medal for pioneering and outstanding leadership within the tech sector, and in 2023 she received the Gustaf Dalén Goldmedal for her contributions to the fields of engineering and technology.

Julie Southern (1959, British) was appointed a non-executive director of our board of directors effective October 2013 and chair of our board of directors effective May 2023. Ms. Southern was with Virgin Atlantic Limited (UK) from 2000 to May 2013. From 2010 to 2013, she was chief commercial officer and from 2000 to 2010 she was chief financial officer of Virgin Atlantic. Prior to joining Virgin Atlantic, Ms. Southern was group finance director at Porsche Cars Great Britain and finance and operations director at WH Smith - HJ Chapman & Co Ltd. Prior to that, she was a chartered accountant at Price Waterhouse Coopers.

Ms. Southern currently holds non-executive directorships at Ocado Group plc and RWS Holdings plc. Ms. Southern serves as chair of the board and chair of the nomination committee at RWS Holdings plc, and chair of the remuneration committee and member of the audit and people committees at Ocado Group plc. Previously, Ms. Southern held directorships at Gategroup (2015-2016), Stagecoach Group plc (2016-2018), DFS Furniture plc (2015-2019), Cineworld Group plc (2015-2019), easyJet plc (2018-2023), and Rentokil plc (2014-2023).

Jasmin Staiblin (1970, German and Swiss) was appointed a non-executive director of our board of directors effective June 2019. Ms. Staiblin served between 2013 and 2018 as chief executive officer of Alpiq, a leading Swiss energy services provider and power producer in Europe. She successfully led the company through a major transformation in a fundamentally changing energy market. She began her career in 1997 at the ABB Group, the Swedish-Swiss global technology company, starting in ABB’s group research center. From 1999 to 2005, Ms. Staiblin served in various global functions and as a member of the management team for ABB’s power technologies division. She held the position of chief executive officer of ABB Switzerland from 2006 to 2012.

Ms. Staiblin is a board member of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd. and chair of the supervisory boards of Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG and Rolls-Royce Solutions GmbH. She formerly served on the board of Rolls-Royce plc and Georg Fischer AG. She studied Physics and Electrical Engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany and the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. Ms. Staiblin completed her studies with a Degree in Physics and has a Master of Science in electrical engineering.

Gregory L. Summe (1956, American) was appointed a non-executive director of our board of directors effective December 2015. Mr. Summe is the managing partner of Glen Capital Partners, an investment fund. Recently, he was the co-chair and co-founder of NextGen Acquisition Corp. I&II. Previously, Mr. Summe was the managing director and vice chair of Global Buyout at The Carlyle Group, a leading global private equity firm, from 2009 to 2014. Prior to joining Carlyle, he was the chair and chief executive officer of PerkinElmer Inc., a global leader in Health Sciences, a company he led from 1998 to May 2009. He also served as a senior advisor to Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, from 2008 to 2009.

Mr. Summe was a director of Freescale Semiconductor from 2010 until its merger with NXP in 2015 and served as chair of the Freescale board from 2014 to 2015. Prior to PerkinElmer, Mr. Summe was with AlliedSignal, now Honeywell International, serving as the president of General Aviation Avionics, president of the Aerospace Engines Group and president of the Automotive Products Group. Before joining AlliedSignal, he was the general manager of Commercial Motors at General Electric and was a partner with the consulting firm of McKinsey & Company Inc.

Mr. Summe holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Kentucky and the University of Cincinnati, and an M.B.A. with distinction from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is in the University of Kentucky’s Hall of Distinction. Mr. Summe also serves on the board of directors of the State Street Corporation, Avantor Corporation, Grail Inc., and Wheels Up Experience Inc., and formerly served on the boards of directors of NextGen Acquisition Corp. I, NextGen Acquisition Corp. II and Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc.

Karl-Henrik Sundström (1960, Swedish) was appointed a non-executive director of our board of directors effective June 2019. Mr. Sundström served as CEO of Stora Enso from 2014 until his retirement in 2019. He joined Stora Enso in August 2012 as CFO and member of the group leadership team. In June 2013, he took on the role as executive vice president for division Paper and Wood Products. Prior to joining Stora Enso, Mr. Sundström held the role of CFO of NXP Semiconductors N.V. (2008–2012). Before that, he held several managerial positions in Ericsson, including CFO.

Mr. Sundström is the chair of the board of Boliden AB, vice-chair of the board of Vestas Wind Systems A/S, chair of the boards of Mölnlycke AB and the Finnish-Swedish Chamber of Commerce, board member of Climate Leadership Coalition, and member of the board of the Marcus Wallenberg Foundation. Mr. Sundström participated in an Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 1997 and holds a degree in Business Administration, Finance and Accounting from the Uppsala University, Sweden.