Management

Marc Zandman was appointed Executive Chairman of the Board and Chief Business Development Officer effective June 5, 2011. Mr. Zandman has served as a Director of Vishay since 2001 and President of Vishay Israel Ltd. since 1998. Mr. Zandman previously was Vice Chairman of the Board from 2003 to June 2011, and Chief Administration Officer from 2007 to June 2011. Mr. Zandman was Group Vice President of Vishay Measurements Group from 2002 to 2004. Mr. Zandman has served in various other capacities with Vishay since 1984. He is the son of the late Dr. Felix Zandman, Vishay’s Founder. Mr. Zandman controls, on a shared basis with Ruta Zandman and Ziv Shoshani, approximately 35.0% of the total voting power of our capital stock as of December 31, 2023. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Vishay Precision Group, Inc., an independent, publicly-traded company spun-off from Vishay Intertechnology in 2010 (including as non-executive Chair from 2010 - 2022).

Joel Smejkal was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2023. Mr. Smejkal served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Business Development from 2020-2022. He has held various positions of increasing responsibility since joining Vishay in 1990, including Executive Vice President, Business Head Passive Components (2017-2020) and Senior Vice President Global Distribution Sales (2012-2016). His experience with Vishay includes worldwide and divisional leadership roles in engineering, marketing, operations, and sales.

Jeff Webster was appointed Executive Vice President - Chief Operating Officer effective January 1, 2023. Mr. Webster served as Executive Vice President, Business Head Passive Components from 2020-2022. He has held various positions of increasing responsibility since joining Vishay in 2000, including Senior Vice President Global Quality (2014-2019) and Vice President Global Quality – Actives (2000-2014).

David McConnell was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective March 1, 2024. Mr. McConnell has held various positions of increasing responsibility within Vishay including, Senior Vice President - Corporate Treasurer and Risk Management (2016 – 2024), Vice President - Corporate Treasurer (2011-2015) and Vice President Financial Analysis and Cash Management (2008 – 2011). Mr. McConnell’s experience includes numerous roles in corporate, regional, and divisional accounting. Prior to joining Vishay in 1992, Mr. McConnell worked at Ernst & Young LLP serving large, multi-national clients in various industries. Mr. McConnell is a Certified Public Accountant in Pennsylvania.

Roy Shoshani was appointed Executive Vice President – Chief Technical Officer effective January 1, 2023. Mr. Shoshani has held various positions of increasing responsibility since joining Vishay in 2004, including Deputy to the Chief Technical Officer (2021-2022), Vice President Integrated Circuits Division (2009-2022), and Vice President R&D – Semiconductors (2019-2021). Prior to joining Vishay, Mr. Shoshani worked for Harmonic. Mr. Shoshani’s experience with Vishay includes divisional leadership roles in R&D, marketing, business development and operations.

Peter Henrici was appointed Executive Vice President – Corporate Development effective January 1, 2023 and has served as Corporate Secretary since 2012. Mr. Henrici has held various positions in marketing communications, investor relations, and corporate treasury departments since joining Vishay in 1998. Mr. Henrici has been responsible for corporate communications since 2005.