ROHM Semiconductor Europe appoints  Wolfram Harnack as new President

Willich-Münchheide, Germany, April 07, 2021 – As of April 1st, 2021, ROHM Semiconductor Europe appoints Wolfram Harnack as the company's new President. The former President, Toshimitsu Suzuki, will lead the European Sales Division as General Manager from April 1st from the company's headquarters in Japan. Wolfram Harnack joined ROHM Semiconductor Europe GmbH as Managing Director in October 2020. Toshimitsu Suzuki, the new General Manager of the European Sales Division, justifies the choice of Wolfram Harnack with his long and rich experience and his comprehensive market knowledge: "With Wolfram Harnack, a strong leader will become the new President of ROHM’s European Headquarters. He can build on a solid foundation when it comes to strategy, business development as well as sales and marketing against an international background. Mr. Harnack has proven during his remarkable career that he is determined to achieve business growth. I look forward to continuing to collaborate with him and to explore the great growth potential in both our existing and new markets." "I am honored to lead a company for which I have already worked with passion and to whose further successes I will now contribute significantly," said Wolfram Harnack on the occasion of his appointment as new President. "ROHM Semiconductor offers a wide range of technologies and is a quality and innovation leader especially in the field of Silicon Carbide and Analog Power devices. The competent team helps customers to achieve their development goals by excellent application support and by providing the necessary insights. In this sense, my key aim is to further extend our customer service and accelerate growth in the automotive and industrial segments, especially in the power and analog area.” Wolfram Harnack holds a degree in electrical engineering. In January 2008, he joined ROHM as Sales Director for the first time. In 2015, he moved to Mitsubishi, where he worked until he returned to ROHM in October 2020.

About ROHM Semiconductor ROHM Semiconductor is a global company of 3.326 billion US dollars per March 31st, 2020 with 22,191 employees. The company develops and manufactures a very large product range from SiC Diodes and MOSFETs, Analog ICs such as Gate Drivers and Power Management ICs to Power Transistors and Diodes to Passive Components. The production of our high performing products is taking place in state-of-the-art manufacturing plants in Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and China. LAPIS Technology and LAPIS Semiconductor (former OKI Semiconductor), SiCrystal GmbH and Kionix are companies of the ROHM Semiconductor Group. ROHM Semiconductor Europe has its Head Office near Dusseldorf serving the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa). For further information, please contact www.rohm.com/eu