Orio Bellezza Jean-Marc Chery Andrea Cuomo Loic Lietar

STMicroelectronics announced the appointment of new executive officers, all reporting to President and Chief Executive Officer Carlo Bozotti. The adjustments anticipate the retirement, at the end of Q1, of Company veterans Enrico Villa, Executive Vice President, Director of Europe Region, and Vice President External Technological Co-ordination; and Laurent Bosson, Executive Vice President, Front-End Technology and Manufacturing.

Orio Bellezza, most recently the Assistant General Manager of Front-End Technology and Manufacturing, is promoted to Executive Vice President and steps up to the role of General Manager, Front-end Manufacturing.

Jean-Marc Chery, former general manager of front- and back-end manufacturing operations in Asia-Pacific, is promoted to Executive Vice President and steps into the newly-created post of Chief Technology Officer.

Executive Vice President Andrea Cuomo, who'd previously held corporate strategic marketing and key-account sales responsibilities, and most recently served as Chief Strategic Officer, will step in as General Manager of ST's Europe Region while keeping his responsibility for the Advanced System Technology organization

Loic Lietar, previously Group Vice President, Strategies is promoted to Corporate Vice President, Corporate Business Development. In this function, he will also be responsible for producing corporate Market Intelligence and Research and building and maintaining third-party technology relationships in the role of External Technology Coordinator.

All the above appointments are effective immediately.