Infineon’s Supervisory Board appoints Alexander Gorski Chief Operations Officer
Dr. Rutger Wijburg, Member of the Management Board and Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Infineon Technologies AG, will resign from his position at the end of the fiscal year on 30 September 2025 at his own request and will retire. The Supervisory Board has appointed Alexander Gorski as his successor, effective as of 1 October 2025. Alexander Gorski is currently Executive Vice President and Head of Frontend Operations at Infineon and will be responsible for Operations, Procurement, Supply Chain and Quality Management in his new position as COO. His mandate as Chief Operations Officer will last for three years as is customary for first appointments.
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“The Supervisory Board would like to thank Rutger Wijburg for his guiding work at Infineon. He has laid the foundation for growth, efficiency and resilience in the global manufacturing network. Major milestones under his leadership include the new module for high-volume production in Kulim and the Smart Power Fab in Dresden,” says Dr. Herbert Diess, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Infineon.
“Alexander Gorski brings very broad experience and has done excellent work in a wide variety of management roles in recent years. He is therefore the ideal internal successor to further advance the important Operations area. We wish him all success in this endeavor,” Herbert Diess continued.
“I would like to personally thank Rutger Wijburg for his outstanding work. Thanks to him, our manufacturing landscape is great positioned. I am delighted that Alexander Gorski will take over seamlessly as such a competent successor,” says Jochen Hanebeck, CEO of Infineon.
“I am proud of what the Operations team has achieved over the past few years. Many thanks to all my colleagues for the excellent collaboration and the results we have achieved together. I wish my successor and colleague Alexander Gorski every success in his new role,” says Rutger Wijburg.
“Our powerful manufacturing creates significant value for our customers. I would like to thank the Supervisory Board and Management Board for their trust. I cannot imagine a more exciting role,” says Alexander Gorski.
Dr. Rutger Wijburg, Member of the Management Board and COO of Infineon Technologies AG
Dr. Rutger Wijburg, Member of the Management Board and COO of Infineon Technologies AG
Rutger Wijburg has been a member of the Management Board of Infineon Technologies AG and Chief Operations Officer since April 2022. In 2018, he joined the company as Managing Director of Infineon Technologies Dresden, bringing along more than 30 years of international experience in the semiconductor industry. A few years later, he took on the role of Head of Frontend, followed by the position of COO.
As Head of Backend and later as Head of Frontend Operations, Alexander Gorski has strategically developed Infineon’s manufacturing landscape over the last few years. After completing his MBA at the University of Regensburg, he began his career at Infineon (until 1999 Siemens AG) in 1998 and subsequently took on various management positions in the areas of Operations, Supply Chain and Sales. Alexander Gorski worked for a solar company as a board member and managing director for seven years. He returned to Infineon in 2016 as COO of the Power & Sensor Systems division, becoming Head of Backend in 2021 and Head of Frontend in 2024.