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The following section provides information on Qualcomm Inc’s senior management, executives, CEO and key decision makers and their roles in the organization. For more insight into Qualcomm Inc's management and employees, unlock the full data with our company analytics monitoring tool.

Executives

Mark D. McLaughlin

Chairman Executive Board Since: 2019 Age: 57

Mr. Mark D. McLaughlin has been the Chairman of the company since August 2019. Previously, he served as the Vice Chairman of Palo Alto Networks, Inc from 2018 to 2022. Prior to this, he also served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Palo Alto Networks from 2016 to 2018. Previously, he served as the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Palo Alto Networks from 2012 to 2016. He served as the President, Chief Executive Officer and as a Director of VeriSign, Inc from 2009 to 2011 and as the President and Chief Operating Officer from January 2009 to August 2009. He held various management and leadership roles at VeriSign from 2000 to 2007. Mr. McLaughlin served on the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) from January 2011 to April 2023 and as the Chairman of the NSTAC from 2014 to 2016.

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Cristiano R. Amon

Director; Chief Executive Officer; President Executive Board Since: 2021 Age: 53

Mr. Cristiano R. Amon has been the President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the company since June 2021. Prior to this, he served as the Chief Executive Officer-elect from January 2021 to June 2021 and as the President from 2018 to January 2021. Previously, he served as the Executive Vice President at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc and President at Qualcomm CDMA Technologies from 2015 to 2018 and as the Executive Vice President at QTI and Co-President at QCT from 2012 to 2015. Earlier, he also served as the Senior Vice President and Co-President at QCT from June 2012 to October 2012 and as the Senior Vice President at QCT Product Management from 2007 to 2012. He joined the company in 1995 as an engineer and held several other technical and leadership positions.

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Akash Palkhiwala

Chief Financial Officer; Chief Operating Officer Senior Management Since: 2019 Age: 48

Mr. Akash Palkhiwala has been the Chief Operating Officer of the company since January 2024. He also served as the Chief Financial Officer of the company since November 2019. Prior to this, he served as the Senior Vice President and Interim Chief Finance Officer of the company from 2019 to November 2019. Previously, he served as the Senior Vice President of QCT Finance at QTI from 2015 to 2019. He joined the company in 2001 and held various other finance and leadership roles. Earlier, Mr. Palkhiwala was an Analyst at KeyBank.

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Heather Ace

Chief Human Resources Officer Senior Management Since: 2020 Age: 53

Ms. Heather Ace has been the Chief Human Resources Officer of the company since March 2020. Prior to this, she served as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources at DexCom, Inc from 2016 to 2020. Previously, she served as the Executive Vice President of Human Resources at Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc from January 2016 to July 2016, as an Integration Leader for Royal Philips from 2015 to 2016 and as the Vice President of Human Resources at Volcano Corporation from 2012 to 2015. Earlier, Ms. Ace held various senior executive roles in human resources, post-acquisition/merger integration and employment law at Life Technologies Corporation.

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Christian Block

Senior Vice President - RF Front-End- QUALCOMM Germany RFFE GmbH; General Manager - RF Front-End- QUALCOMM Germany RFFE GmbH Senior Management Since: 2017
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