Executive Management

Executive Officers

Marc Zandman, Executive Chair of the Board & Chief Business Development Officer

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Marc Zandman is Executive Chair of the Board of Directors, the Chief Business Development Officer, and President of Vishay Israel Ltd. Mr. Zandman has been President of Vishay Israel Ltd. since 1998 and a Director of Vishay since 2001. Mr. Zandman was Vice Chair of the Board from 2003 to June 2011, Chief Administration Officer from 2007 to June 2011, and Group Vice President of Vishay Measurements Group from 2002 to 2004. Mr. Zandman has served in various other capacities with Vishay since 1984. Mr. Zandman has served as the non- executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vishay Precision Group since the spin-off from Vishay on July 6, 2010. He is the son of the late Dr. Felix Zandman, founder and Vishay's former Executive Chairman. As Executive Chair and Chief Business Development Officer, Mr. Zandman has a breadth of knowledge concerning the Company's businesses, as well as close familiarity with the Company's Israel operations where the Company conducts significant research and development and manufacturing activities.

Joel Smejkal, President & Chief Executive Officer

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Joel Smejkal was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and elected to the Vishay Board and to the Executive Committee, effective January 1, 2023. Mr. Smejkal has held various positions of increasing responsibility since joining Vishay in 1990 including Executive Vice President - Corporate Business Development (2020 - 2022), Executive Vice President and Business Head Passive Components (2017 - 2020) and Senior Vice President Global Distribution Sales (2012 - 2016). Mr. Smejkal's experience with Vishay includes worldwide and divisional leadership roles in engineering, marketing, operations and sales. He was a product developer of 18 U.S. Patents for the Power Metal Strip® resistor technology.

Jeff Webster, Chief Operating Officer

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Jeff Webster was appointed Chief Operating Officer effective January 1, 2023. Mr. Webster has held various positions of increasing responsibility since joining Vishay in 2000 including Executive Vice President and Business Head Passive Components (2020 - 2022), Senior Vice President Global Quality (2014 - 2019), and Vice President Global Quality - Actives (2000 - 2014). Prior to joining Vishay, Mr. Webster worked for Intersil. Mr. Webster's experience includes roles in quality, operations, and R&D.

Lori Lipcaman, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

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Lori Lipcaman was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective September 1, 2011. Ms. Lipcaman had been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer in September 2008. Previously, she served as Vishay's Corporate Senior Vice President, Operations Controller, from March 1998 to September 2008. Prior to that, she served in various positions of increasing responsibility in finance and controlling since joining the Company in May 1989.

Roy Shoshani, Executive Vice President - Chief Technical Officer

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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, Executive Vice President - Corporate Development

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Peter Henrici was appointed Executive Vice President - Corporate Development effective January 1, 2023. Mr. Henrici will continue to serve as the Corporate Secretary. 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 and he was appointed Corporate Secretary in 2012.

Andreas Randebrock, Executive Vice President & Global Human Resources

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Andreas Randebrock was appointed Executive Vice President Global Human Resources effective July 1, 2020. Mr. Randebrock has been working for Vishay since 2015 as Senior Vice President Employee Development. Before Mr. Randebrock joined Vishay he worked as a management consultant in the field of leadership, human resources, and organizational consulting for more than 20 years. From 1998 until 2015, Mr. Randebrock was employed by the global human resources consultancy Hay Group (acquired in 2015 by Korn Ferry) where he held various positions of increasing responsibility and was a partner.