ASM International names KPN's Chris Figee as new CFO


The logo of Dutch multinational supplier of production equipment for the semiconductor industry, ASM, is displayed at its headquarters in Almere, Netherlands, January 23, 2026. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

July 6 (Reuters) - ⁠ASM International, Europe's second-largest maker ⁠of semiconductor equipment, said ‌on Monday it plans to nominate Chris Figee as its next chief financial ​officer.

The Dutch company said ⁠the appointment ⁠will be submitted for shareholder approval ⁠at ‌an extraordinary general meeting expected to be ⁠held in March 2027.

Figee, currently chief ​financial ‌officer and member of the board ⁠of ​management of Dutch telecoms group KPN , will join ASM on ⁠December 1st this year.

He ​would succeed Paul Verhagen, who had planned to retire after his ⁠current term, ASM says. He will step down as CFO following the meeting, and remain ​with ASM in ⁠an advisory role until the end ​of his contract.

(Reporting ‌by Nathan Vifflin ​in Gdansk; Editing by Joe Bavier and Louise Heavens)

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