Management

Dr. Jalal Bagherli
Chief Executive Officer
Jalal joined Dialog, as CEO, in September 2005. He was previously Vice President & General Manager of the Mobile Multimedia business unit for Broadcom Corporation and the CEO of Alphamosaic. He has extensive experience of the semiconductor industry, through his previous professional and executive positions at Texas Instruments and Sony, and a wealth of knowledge about the Far Eastern, European and North American markets. He is a non-executive director of Lime Microsystems Ltd.

Gary Duncan
Vice President, Engineering
Gary, who joined the Company in 1987, is responsible for the design and development of our semiconductor products. Before joining Dialog, he held senior engineering and management roles at Plessey and ES2.

Jürgen Friedel
Vice President, General Manager
Automotive and Industrial Business Unit
Jürgen joined Dialog in 1999 and is responsible for the Automotive and Industrial Business Unit. He previously held senior management positions at SEL/ITT and National Semiconductor, in Germany. Jürgen holds a diploma in communications engineering from the University for Applied Sciences, Esslingen.

Peter Hall
Vice President, Operations and Quality
Peter joined Dialog in 1987 and is responsible for operations and quality. His previous experience includes management and engineering positions at STC Semiconductors and MEM, in Switzerland. Peter holds a BSc in electrical and electronic engineering from Newcastle University and an MSc in digital design techniques from Herriot Watt University, Edinburgh.

Udo Kratz
Vice President, General Manager
Audio and Power Management Business Unit
Udo joined Dialog in May 2006. He is responsible for the Audio and Power Management Business Unit which makes products for the mobile phone and portable consumer markets. His 18 years’ experience in the semiconductor industry were gained in general management, senior marketing and engineering at Robert Bosch GmbH, Sony Semiconductor and Infineon Technologies. Udo holds an electronic engineering degree from the University for Applied Sciences, Mannheim.

Jean-Michel Richard
CFO, Vice President Finance
Jean-Michel joined the Company in 2006 to head up its finance department. He was previously Finance Director for the Global Manufacturing and Technology Division of ON Semiconductor, in Phoenix, Arizona, and before that held senior finance and treasury positions at ON and Motorola, in Europe and the US. Jean-Michel holds a Masters in Economics from the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Manoj Thanigasalam
Vice President, General Manager
Display Systems Business Unit
Manoj joined the Company in March 2006. Responsible for the Display Systems Business Unit, he was previously VP Business Development at ZBD Displays and, before that, was General Manager of marketing for the Digital TV and wireless communications market at Sony Semiconductor. He has also worked for Texas Instruments, Philips, ARM and LSI Logic. Manoj holds a degree in physics and electronics from Bradford University.

Mark Tyndall
VP Business Development & Corporate Strategy
Mark Tyndall joined Dialog Semiconductors as Vice President of Business Development and Corporate Strategy in September 2008. Prior to Dialog, Mr. Tyndall was VP of Business Development and Corporate Relations at MIPS Technologies. From 1999 to 2006, he held the position of VP of Business Development at Infineon and has also served as a board director of several start-up companies, several which were successfully acquired.

Earlier in his career, Mr Tyndall held management positions in marketing at Fujitsu Microelectronics and in design at Philips Semiconductors.