Board Member

Willem (Wim) Roelandts is on several company and charity boards. He is Chairman of the Board of Applied Materials, Inc. Wim started his career with Hewlett Packard (HP) in 1967. Thereafter, he held several roles at HP in Belgium, France, and the USA, ending as Senior Vice President in charge of HP’s Computer Systems Organization, with responsibility for HP’s worldwide computer systems business.

In 1996 Wim left HP to become CEO of Xilinx, and later also became Chairman of the Board. Under Wim’s leadership, Xilinx thrived with increased revenue and higher market share and was nominated several times in the top ten of Fortune Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For”. Wim retired as CEO of Xilinx in January 2008, and as Chairman of the Board in August 2009.

Degrees

[Electronic Engineering] – Rijkshogere Technische School

Awards

Honorary Doctorate – Santa Clara University Honorary Doctorate – KU Leuven