By Cecilia Butini

Infineon Technologies AG said Thursday that it has named a new chief executive officer, Jochen Hanebeck, and that he will take over on April 1, 2022.

Mr. Hanebeck--who has been chief operations officer since 2016--succeeds Reinhard Ploss, who has been chief executive of the company since 2012, Infineon said.

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11-25-21 1210ET