Diodes Incorporated Announces Organizational Transitions

Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products today announced several organizational transitions as a result of the planned retirements by Mark King, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, and Edmund Tang, Vice President of Corporate Administration.

Emily Yang, who served as Vice President of Sales, Americas at Diodes and was previously Vice President of Global Sales at Pericom Semiconductor, will replace King as Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing effective today, December 14, 2017. King has been with Diodes since 1991 and will remain with the Company until his official retirement date on January 12, 2018 to ensure a smooth transition. Yang has been with Diodes since the acquisition of Pericom in November 2015, where she held a number of successful sales management positions covering Asia, North America and Europe since 1998.

Julie Holland, who currently serves as Vice President of Worldwide Analog Products, will replace Tang as Vice President of Corporate Operations effective January 8, 2018. Tang will remain with the Company until his official retirement date of February 8, 2018. Holland will be responsible for human resources, capital and production planning, quality assurance, information technology and Asia assembly-test operations. Holland has been with Diodes since 2008 and previously spent over 20 years at TI where she held several key management roles.

Additionally, Evan Yu will assume Holland’s current position as Vice President of Worldwide Analog Products, and Gary Yu will be promoted to take over Evan’s position as President of Asia.

Commenting on today’s announcement, Dr. Keh-Shew Lu, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “On behalf of the entire management team, I want to extend my deepest appreciation to both Mark and Ed who have spent multiple decades working diligently and traveling extensively to make Diodes the successful, profitable company it is today. They have been significant contributors to the achievement of our $1 billion annual revenue goal this year, and in the same way, these new management assignments will play a key role in the pursuit of our recently established long-term financial target of $1 billion annual gross profit by 2025. With my continued leadership and this new executive team, we are fully focused on achieving our goal and taking Diodes to the next level of growth and expansion.”