Via EETimes.com

LONDON — CSR plc, the Bluetooth silicon company formerly known as Cambridge Silicon Radio, has announced that John Hodgson, chief executive officer, is due to retire from the company on Feb. 28, 2006, and be replaced by John Scarisbrick, currently a non-executive director of the company.

Scarisbrick has been appointed CEO Designate with effect from Dec. 1, 2005, and CEO of the company with effect from March 1, 2006.

John Scarisbrick, aged 52, joined the board of CSR in June 2004 and has experience in the telecommunications and semiconductor sectors, having worked for Texas Instruments for 25 years in a variety of senior roles including President TI Europe. He is currently a non-executive director of ARM Holdings plc, SonIM Technologies Inc. and Intrinsity Inc. and is chairman of Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd.

“John brings a proven leadership capability in managing growing semiconductor businesses. I have no doubt that John’s skills and experience will make a significant contribution to the development of CSR in the future and enable us to take full advantage of the opportunities which we anticipate in the current and emerging wireless technology markets,” said John Whybrow, chairman of CSR (Cambridge, England), in a statement.