Finance professionals in Semiconductors
Wafer fab, assembly and test, and R&D finance each appear by name in this semiconductor finance group: Richard Greene's wafer fab role at Texas Instruments, Daisy Rani Veluppillai's CFO post at Tata Semiconductor Assembly and Test, and Frank Molloy's R&D and strategic planning seat at Dialog Semiconductor. Two more hold or held group or business unit CFO titles at Applied Materials and GlobalFoundries, which suits capacity, pricing and long-range planning questions.
Professionals to explore
Brian Olson
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Head of Finance Global Manufacturing · ASML
Brian Olson is Senior Director - Head of Finance Global Manufacturing at ASML (since 2025) and was Director - Head of Finance Wilton Site (2019–2025). Intel roles were Finance Director - Data Center Revenue Controller (2018–2019), Finance Director - Technology Development and Manufacturing Central Controller (2016–2018) and Finance Manager (2014–2016). Olson fits questions on manufacturing site finance at ASML.
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Candy Kwan
LinkedInExperience: Finance Director · Lam Research
Candy Kwan has been Finance Director at Lam Research since 2021 and was Sr. Finance Manager there (2018–2021). NXP Semiconductors roles were Sr. Finance Manager (2017–2018) and Finance Manager Product Line Controller (2016–2017), with a short Finance Manager, Corporate role at Sanmina in 2016. Kwan can speak to product line finance at NXP and finance director work at Lam Research.
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Claire Huan
LinkedInExperience: VP Finance · Vulcan Semiconductor
Claire Huan is VP Finance at Vulcan Semiconductor (since 2021), after VP Finance at Semidrive Semiconductor (2020–2021) and CFO at JLQ Technology 瓴盛科技 (2018–2020). Marvell Technology roles were Director of Finance, China Controller (2013–2018) and BU Controller - Networking group (2009–2013). Huan names revenue recognition and consolidation, a fit for finance and controllership at semiconductor companies.
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Daisy Rani Veluppillai
LinkedInExperience: CFO, Tata Semiconductor Assembly and Test · Tata Electronics
Daisy Rani Veluppillai became CFO, Tata Semiconductor Assembly and Test at Tata Electronics in 2025. Micron roles were Financial Director, Business Unit Central (2022–2025) and Country Finance Director at Micron Malaysia (2019–2022), and Veluppillai was Financial Controller at NI (National Instruments) (2012–2019) and Senior Finance Manager at Intel Technology Sdn Bhd (2000–2012). A fit for assembly and test cost questions.
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Frank Molloy
LinkedInExperience: Former Finance Director, R&D and Strategic Planning · Dialog Semiconductor
Frank Molloy was Finance Director, R&D and Strategic Planning at Dialog Semiconductor from 2013 to 2022, after consulting at Dialog Semiconductor PLC through FVM Consulting Limited (2012–2013). Sony roles include Programme Director - Financial Integration at Sony Mobile Communications (2012), Director, Finance & Accounting Europe at Sony Europe Limited (2005–2011) and Director, Business Planning & Administration at Sony Semiconductor & Electronic Solutions (1997–2005).
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Jessica Jimenez
LinkedInExperience: Director, Financial Controller · NXP Semiconductors
Jessica Jimenez is Director - Operations Strategy - Investment Management at NXP Semiconductors (since 2023) and was Director, Financial Controller there from 2017 to 2023. Jimenez also held a finance role at Ford Motor Company (2008–2017). Jimenez lists business planning, cost analysis and forecasting, useful for questions on capital investment decisions at NXP Semiconductors.
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Maik Henkel
LinkedInExperience: VP Business Finance & Operations Pricing, R&D, FP&A, LRP, PLM, Demand Planning AI & Automation · GlobalFoundries
Maik Henkel holds VP Business Finance & Operations Pricing, R&D, FP&A, LRP, PLM, Demand Planning AI & Automation at GlobalFoundries (since 2025), after Senior Director Finance Business Unit CFO (2023–2025). Other GlobalFoundries roles were Director of Finance Revenue & Profit Strategic Planning Business Unit Anaplan COE (2014–2023) and Principal Financial Analyst (2010–2014). Henkel suits pricing and long-range planning questions at GlobalFoundries.
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Neera Patel
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, Group CFO - Semiconductor Products Group · Applied Materials
Neera Patel has been Managing Director, Group CFO - Semiconductor Products Group at Applied Materials since 2025, after Sr. Director of Finance, Group CFO in the same group (2022–2025) and Director of Finance, FP&A - Applied Global Services (2016–2021). Patel describes driving the strategic plan, annual operation plan and quarterly forecasts with executive teams, useful for planning questions.
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Richard Greene
LinkedInExperience: Director WW Wafer Fab Finance and Operations · Texas Instruments
Richard Greene has held five roles at Texas Instruments: Director WW Wafer Fab Finance and Operations since 2021, Director Enterprise Demand Management (2017–2021), Director of Finance and Operations (2014–2017), Financial Planning Manager (2011–2014) and Operations Planning Manager (2009–2011). The wafer fab and demand management titles make Greene the call on fab cost and capacity planning.
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Shirley Gan
LinkedInExperience: Senior Finance Director · Infineon Technologies Power Semitech Co Ltd
Shirley Gan has been Senior Finance Director at Infineon Technologies Power Semitech Co Ltd since 2017. Infineon Technologies roles include Senior Finance Specialist (Snr Mgr) in 2016–2017 and Segment Controlling Manager (1998–2010), and Gan was Financial Controller (Malaysia) at Micron Technology (2014–2016). Gan lists cash flow, budgeting and cost management, a fit for budgeting and cost questions at Infineon Technologies Power Semitech Co Ltd.
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Choose the right perspective
For fab and manufacturing cost questions, Richard Greene, Brian Olson and Daisy Rani Veluppillai hold the wafer fab, manufacturing and assembly and test titles, and Shirley Gan lists cost management at Infineon. Neera Patel and Maik Henkel hold or held business unit CFO titles and fit portfolio, pricing and long-range plan questions, while Frank Molloy covers R&D budgets. Candy Kwan, Claire Huan and Jessica Jimenez bring finance director, VP Finance and controller views respectively.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you budget a wafer fab when utilization can swing from full to half-loaded within a product cycle?
- 02How do you decide how much R&D spend a new process node or product family can carry before it has customers?
- 03How does a long-range plan for a chip business handle capacity commitments made years before demand is known?
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