NXP Semiconductors has announced changes to its senior leadership team, which it says are designed to better align with the company's renewed focus and growth strategy.Effective immediately, Kurt Sievers, executive vice president & general manager of NXP's automotive business, has been promoted to president of NXP Semiconductors. Under the new structure, Kurt Sievers will oversee all of NXP's business lines."This new structure follows the natural evolution of our strategy, as we strengthen our focus on secure connected devices through the automotive and industrial & IoT businesses while also participating in the mobile and communications infrastructure markets," said Rick Clemmer, chief executive officer of NXP. "As technological change accelerates, all our focus verticals require edge to node platforms and solutions that facilitate data analytics, machine learning and advanced services. By simplifying our organisation, we will be better able to fully leverage our scale, facilitate cross-company collaboration and reduce overhead, all of which will help us unlock the full profitable growth potential of our business."Jennifer Wuamett, deputy general counsel and chief IP officer, will succeed Guido Dierick as executive vice president and general counsel of NXP Semiconductors, effective immediately. Guido Dierick retires as general counsel but remains country manager of NXP Semiconductors Netherlands."Jennifer's unique mix of understanding technology and expertise in intellectual property, corporate governance and legal matters make her ideally suited to lead NXP's legal & IP teams, as she did for Freescale Semiconductor," said Rick Clemmer. "Jennifer is an industry-recognised intellectual property expert and an outstanding leader; in an expanded role, her talent will continue to be a great asset for our company."

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