Overview

• Jeff Williams will step down as Apple’s chief operating officer later this month and shift to oversee the design team, Apple Watch and health initiatives until his planned retirement at year-end.
• Sabih Khan, a 30-year Apple veteran and current senior vice president of operations, is slated to formally assume the COO role, managing global supply chain, manufacturing and logistics.
• Apple described the transition as a long-planned succession designed to ensure smooth operational continuity and retain deep institutional expertise.
• Under Khan’s leadership of operations since 2019, Apple expanded U.S. manufacturing, pioneered advanced production technologies and cut its carbon footprint by more than 60%.
• After Williams’s retirement, Apple’s design team will begin reporting directly to CEO Tim Cook, realigning top executive reporting lines.