Kulicke & Soffa: Bruno Guilmart To Step Down, Jonathan Chou To Be Interim CEO

(RTTNews) - Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (KLIC) Monday said it has agreed with Bruno Guilmart that he would step down as President, Chief Executive Officer and as a director of the company, effective today. Guilmart plans to retire but will serve as an advisor to the Board of Directors until the end of 2015.

The Board has named Jonathan Chou, Kulicke & Soffa's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, to fill the role of interim Chief Executive Officer.

The company has formed a committee to conduct a search for a permanent successor, among external and internal candidates.

Chou, 51, has been Kulicke & Soffa's Chief Financial Officer since 2010. He has previously worked as Chief Financial Officer of an Asia based US listed company and has also served in Asia Pacific regional CFO roles at Fortune 500 global industrial companies.