Chipmaker ST-Ericsson, a joint venture of STMicroelectronics and Ericsson, today announced the appointment of Gilles Delfassy (pictured above) as its new President and CEO, taking over from Alain Dutheil. Delfassy will assume his new position from 2 November. After then, Dutheil will continue to support ST-Ericsson by joining its Board and will return to his previous role as STMicroelectronics’ COO. In addition, Hans Vestberg, CFO and incoming CEO of Ericsson, has become Chairman of the Board of ST-Ericsson, succeeding Carl-Henric Svanberg, the outgoing President and CEO of Ericsson.