Soitec appointed Emmanuel Sabonnadière, until now CEO of CEA-Leti, as new Vice President Silicon Carbide (SiC) Program, effective 1st July 2021. The newly created position reports to Bernard Aspar, COO and Head of Global Business Units at Soitec. Before joining Soitec, Emmanuel Sabonnadière was CEO of CEA-Leti. Before, he served in executive positions at Philips Lighting (later called Signify), Gimv, a European investment firm, and General Cable Europe. He started his career at Schneider Electric, Alstom/Areva, and the manufacturing group NKM/Noell.