Dr. Rutger Wijburg
Chief Operations Officer
Rutger Wijburg has been a member of the Management Board of Infineon Technologies AG and Chief Operations Officer since 2022 (appointed until 31 March 2026).
Rutger Wijburg was born in Nijmegen (Netherlands) in 1962. He studied Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the University of Twente, NL and received his PhD in 1990.
He started his career in 1990 at the University of Twente. Before joining Infineon in 2018, he held various leading positions at Philips, NXP and Globalfoundries.
Positions within the company
| Since 2022 | Member of the Management Board and Chief Operations Officer, responsible for Group Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Customs, Quality Management, Real Estate and Facility Management (Manufacturing Sites) |
| 2021 | Head of Frontend |
| 2018 | Managing Director Dresden |
Further positions
| 2011-2018 | Globalfoundries Inc., various management positions, lastly as Senior Vice President and General Manager Fab 1 / Fab 8 (Dresden / Malta, NY) |
| 2006-2011 | NXP Semiconductors N.V., various management positions, lastly as Senior Vice President Operations Manager Front-End, WW Manager, Real Estate and Facilities; Plant Manager Nijmegen |
| 1999-2006 | Philips Semiconductors, various management positions, lastly as Vice President and General Manager Industrial Center Nijmegen |
| 1996-1999 | CSEM SA, Engineering Manager MEMS Fab |
| 1992-1996 | Philips Semiconductors, Engineering Manager MOS3 |
| 1990-1992 | University of Twente, Manager IC Laboratory MESA |
Membership of Supervisory Boards and governing bodies of domestic and foreign companies
Member of the Supervisory Board
- Carl Zeiss AG, Germany
- SMART Photonics B.V., Netherlands