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Apple promoted Sabih Khan to Chief Operating Officer and blamed him for the company’s supply chain when the Tech -Riese and his colleagues navigate Donald Trump’s trade war.
Khan who joined Apple In 1995 he was taken over by his current boss Jeff Williams, who headed the development of Apple Watch as part of what the company described as a “long -planned successor”.
Chief Executive Tim Cook described Sabih as a “brilliant strategist” and one of the “central architects” of Apple’s supply chain.
Williams, a 27-year-old veteran of the company, took over the leadership of Apple’s huge supply chains in 2015 and was seen as a potential successor to Cook, who had the Coo role before he was appointed managing director.
Williams’ transition from the role is a long -time protégé and a close confidante of Cook and marks the second big step of Apple’s top team this year after the long -time CFO Luca Maestri resigned from the role in January.
The appointment is made when Apple faces challenges, including Trump’s threats, which will be the company and the competition Samsung met with 25 percent tariffs Unless they shift the production of their devices to the USA.
The trade relationships between China and the United States have recently improved, but the volatile approach of the US president to trade policy has complicated the task of Apple in the administration of its enormous global supply chain.
Trump’s threat to the company marked an escalation of what he described as “a little Problem with Tim Cook“The” majority “of the iPhones sold in the United States would provide factories in the United States next year in response to high American tariffs for goods produced in China.
Sabih had helped “Pioneer new technologies in advanced production, monitor the expansion of Apple’s production expression in the USA and ensure that Apple can be reacted to global challenges,” said Cook in a statement on Tuesday.
Khan has been Senior Vice President of Operations from Apple since 2019, which is responsible for the product quality and monitoring of planning, manufacturing partners and logistics.
Williams would continue to monitor Apple’s design team and the company’s health initiatives, but the design unit would contact Cook directly after Williams retired, the company said.
