Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced a series of leadership changes as part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen its foundation for growth and drive strategic execution toward its 2035 Aspiration.

1. Stephen Limoges promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Sales Officer

Stephen Limoges will be promoted to Senior Vice President, effective January 1, 2027. He will continue to serve as Chief Sales Officer (CSO).

Limoges was appointed Vice President and CSO on January 1, 2026, and oversees Renesas' global sales organization. He has also been a member of the company's Enterprise Leadership Team. This promotion reflects Limoges' leadership in sharpening the company's go-to-market focus and expanding its customer base.

2. Software & Digitalization and Altium leadership

Aram Mirkazemi, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Altium and Interim Head of Software & Digitalization, will leave Renesas on December 31, 2026. His responsibilities will transition as follows:

Aish Dubey, currently Vice President and Head of the SoC Division in the High Performance Computing Product Group, has been appointed Vice President and Head of Software & Digitalization and will join the Enterprise Leadership Team.

Dubey will lead the development of the software and tools delivered through Renesas 365, making it easier for customers to design and develop their systems with Renesas devices.

Dubey joined Renesas in 2023 from Texas Instruments and has led global strategy, product definition and execution for the R-Car SoC family across ADAS, cockpit, gateway and software-defined vehicle (SDV) compute platforms. See the attachment for the biography of Aish Dubey.

Ananth Avva, currently Vice President, Altium Discover, has been appointed Vice President and Acting President of Altium while Renesas conducts a search for a permanent leader. Avva joined Altium in 2023 to lead its cloud platform business. He brings broad experience leading SaaS and AI technology companies, including senior operating roles at Pipefy, Wrike and Lastline, and earlier held finance and operations roles at Google.

Dubey and Avva will report directly to Hidetoshi Shibata, CEO of Renesas.

Mirkazemi will work closely with Dubey and Avva to transition his responsibilities, and they will each assume their new roles as soon as the handover is complete, ahead of Mirkazemi's departure. Renesas greatly appreciates his leadership and vision, which have been instrumental in advancing the company's digitalization strategy.

3. Gaurang Shah to lead Embedded Processing and High Performance Computing

Gaurang Shah, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Embedded Processing, will add the responsibilities of General Manager of High Performance Computing, effective January 1, 2027, becoming Senior Vice President and General Manager of Embedded Processing and High Performance Computing. The Embedded Processing and High Performance Computing Product Groups will remain separate organizations, and both will be led by Shah. With both product groups under one leader, Renesas will drive a coordinated compute strategy, concentrate resources on its growth areas and engage customers with the full breadth of its compute portfolio, from microcontrollers to high-performance SoCs.

4. Vivek Bhan appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Head of Engineering

Vivek Bhan, currently Senior Vice President and General Manager of High Performance Computing, has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Head of Engineering, effective January 1, 2027, and will report directly to Shibata.

Bhan has led the High Performance Computing business and brings deep technical expertise across compute, software and system architecture, shaped by stringent customer requirements across market segments.

As CTO, he will lead Renesas' long-term technology strategy, strengthen its core IP and drive technology innovation across the company.

Ramkumar Subramanian and Manoher Bommena, who have served as Interim Co-Heads of Engineering since June 2026, will report to Bhan. Subramanian will serve as Vice President, R&D Management, Strategic Partnerships and Business Operations, and Bommena as Vice President, Engineering.

About Renesas Electronics Corporation

Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) empowers a safer, smarter and more sustainable future where technology helps make our lives easier. A leading global provider of microcontrollers, Renesas combines our expertise in embedded processing, analog, power and connectivity to deliver complete semiconductor solutions. These Winning Combinations accelerate time to market for automotive, industrial, infrastructure and IoT applications, enabling billions of connected, intelligent devices that enhance the way people work and live. Learn more at renesas.com. Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, X, YouTube, and Instagram.

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Biography of the Newly Appointed Enterprise Leadership Team Member

Aish Dubey

Aish Dubey currently serves as Vice President and Head of the SoC Division in the High Performance Computing Product Group at Renesas Electronics Corporation. At Renesas, he has advanced software-defined vehicle development through the R-Car Open Access (RoX) platform and expanded the company's ADAS portfolio with the R-Car family. Before joining Renesas, Dubey held senior leadership roles at Texas Instruments, including General Manager of the Jacinto Processors business and Director of Engineering for automotive SoC and ADAS architecture.

He holds a Master's degree in VLSI Design from the Indian Institute of Technology.

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