Apple is experiencing considerable turnover among its senior executives. Last month, a key designer behind the iPhone Air left the company. Now, Bloomberg reports that Alan Dye, Vice President of Human Interface Design since 2015, is also departing.
Dye will join Meta to lead a new design studio, with Steve Lemay succeeding him at Apple. Lemay has contributed to every Apple interface design since 1999, according to CEO Tim Cook.
Apple has also announced that Katherine Adams, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, and Lisa Jackson, Vice President of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, will be leaving the company.
Jackson is scheduled to retire at the end of January. Until Adams retires in late 2026, she will temporarily oversee Jackson's Government Affairs organization. Meanwhile, the Environment and Social Initiatives division will move under the leadership of Sabih Khan, Apple’s Chief Operating Officer.
Katherine Adams (left) and Lisa Jackson (right) will be leaving Apple next yearJennifer Newstead will assume the role of Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Apple on March 1. Previously, she served as Meta’s Chief Legal Officer.
Recently, John Giannandrea, Senior Vice President for Machine Learning and AI Strategy, announced his retirement. He will serve as an advisor until his official retirement in spring 2026. Amar Subramanya has been promoted to Vice President of AI in his place.
Industry rumors suggest an even more significant change may be imminent: Tim Cook’s tenure as Apple CEO could be drawing to a close, with John Ternus, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, reportedly considered as his successor.
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