How Jeff Williams’ departure from Apple will shuffle exec responsibilities

The departure of Apple’s Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams later in 2025 will set the stage for more consolidation under other veteran executives. Here’s what projects are expected to land on other desks.

Apple COO Williams and CEO Cook during a recent tour of China. Image credit: Tim Cook/Weibo

Recent announcements have indicated that Apple’s design teams, which currently report to Williams, will now report to CEO Tim Cook. But a new report suggests that other veteran executives will likely assist in overseeing the company’s hardware and software design departments.

Bloomberg notes that this isn’t the first time Apple’s design teams have been supervised directly by Cook — he had those departments reporting directly to him from 2015 to 2017. However, it remains likely that Vice President of Human Interface Alan Dye and VP of Industrial Design Molly Anderson will likely take more direct day-to-day responsibility.

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