Overview

• Sabih Khan, Apple’s senior vice president of operations since 2019, will take on the chief operating officer role later this month under a long-planned succession plan.
• Jeff Williams will relinquish his COO duties later this month and retire from the company before the end of the year.
• During the transition, Williams will continue to oversee Apple’s design team, Apple Watch engineering and health initiatives, reporting directly to CEO Tim Cook.
• Following Williams’s retirement, the design team will shift to report directly to Tim Cook, restoring its direct link to the chief executive’s office.
• The leadership change is intended to maintain stability across Apple’s supply chain, manufacturing, design and health strategy amid evolving global challenges.