Tessenderlo, Belgium – September 22nd, 2017, 6.00 pm CEST

X-FAB Silicon Foundries, one of the world’s leading specialty foundry groups, appoints Alba Morganti as Chief Financial Officer effective November 1st, 2017. She will be succeeding the company’s current CFO, Chris Förster, who will leave X-FAB at the end of this year.

Alba Morganti started her career at Sanpaolo IMI bank as Credit & Large Corporate Manager. In 2001, she joined Duferco Group as Structured Finance Director for the European Industrial Group companies. After the takeover of the European assets by NLMK Group, Alba Morganti served as Corporate Finance Director for all European subsidiaries. In 2014, she became group CFO and Executive Board Member of SMT Group, a distributor of Volvo trucks, bus and equipment. Alba Morganti is specialized in commercial management and marketing and holds a master degree in financial and commercial sciences.