Jony Ive Is Leaving Apple To Open His Own Design Firm

After almost 30 years with the company, Jony will depart Apple later this year in to establish his own design firm called LoveFrom. That being said, Jony will retain his relationship with Apple though as the company will become one of the primary clients for his new design outfit. Taking over his role moving forward is the VP of Industrial Design, Evans Hankey as well as VP of Human Interface Design, Alan Dye. Both will be reporting to Jeff Williams who is the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Aside from Jony, another big change in Apple’s management team is the appointment of Sabih Khan as the Senior VP of Operations. Under this role, the 24-year Apple veteran will be looking after the company’s global supply chain which is quite a massive undertaking given the reach that Apple has throughout the world. (Source: Apple – 1, 2.)