Alan joined the Board in 30 April 2015 and was appointed as Chair of the Audit Committee in July 2015. He brings over 30 years of relevant business and financial expertise to Dialog Semiconductor, having extensive experience as a Chief Financial Officer in the semiconductor industry. He began his career in 1979 with Motorola and has spent over 12. years in Europe and 20 years in the USA.. In 2004 he guided Freescale through its separation from Motorola and successfully executed to an initial public offering (“IPO”) that listed the company on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). In 2006 he was instrumental in the execution of a Leverage Buy-Out (“LBO”) in one of the largest technology financial transactions at that time. In 2011 he successfully led the company back to the public market to be listed on the NYSE.
