Cookson Electronics CEO Sharpe resigns.Cookson Group Cookson Group plc is a leading materials technology company headquartered in London, England, which provides materials, processes and services to customers worldwide. The Group's operations are formed into three divisions – Electronics, Ceramics and Precious Metals. plc (London, UK, www.cookson.co.uk) has announced that Raymond Sharpe, chief executive officer of the electronics division, has resigned his position and left the company. Sharpe will join Texas Pacific Group, the equity firm that recently agreed to buy Isola Laminate Systems. On May 12, Isola terminated its CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Michael Kowalski, and CFO See Chief Financial Officer. , Dr. Peter Gaydoul. Sharpe will be the new CEO. [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII ASCII or American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a set of codes used to represent letters, numbers, a few symbols, and control characters. Originally designed for teletype operations, it has found wide application in computers. ] Sharpe has agreed with the board of Cookson to continue to assist the company as required for a short period. Group chief executive Stephen Howard will assume direct responsibility for the electronics division. Cookson Group's electronics division is a manufacturer and supplier of materials and services to the electronics industry, primarily serving fabricators and assemblers of printed circuit boards, assemblers of semiconductor packaging and the electrical and industrial markets. |
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