[TechWeb] on January 10, according to foreign media reports, on Tuesday local time, smart speaker manufacturer Sonos announced that it has appointed Saori Casey, vice president of finance at Apple, as the company's chief financial officer (CFO), effective from January 22, 2024.
Saori has more than 30 years of experience in corporate finance, having spent nearly 13 years as Vice President of Finance at Apple, where he was responsible for all aspects of Apple's financial planning, capital allocation, investor relations, and financial management of all G&A functions. Prior to joining Apple, Saori spent 15 years at Cisco in various finance positions.
Saori will succeed Eddie Lazarus, Sonos' current chief financial officer, who will take on the new role of chief strategy officer while retaining the existing role of chief legal officer.
According to foreign media, Casey's addition comes at a time when Sonos is entering new markets such as headphones. This comes after the company slowed growth in its main smart audio equipment segment.
It is reported that Casey's move to Sonos is the latest in a series of executive departures at Apple.
Earlier in December 2023, foreign media reported that Apple's vice president of product design, Tang Tan, will leave in February 2024, which will lead to a major adjustment in Apple's hardware engineering department. At the end of December 2023, people familiar with the matter revealed that Tang Tan will join LoveFrom, a design company founded by Apple's former chief industrial design officer, Jony Ive.
In mid-December 2023, foreign media reported that after nearly 20 years at Apple, Peter Russell-Clarke, an industrial designer who worked under former Apple designer Jony Ive, resigned from Apple and joined space technology company Vast Space as an industrial design consultant.
At the beginning of December 2023, foreign media reported that Steve Hotelling, vice president of Apple, will retire from Apple. Hötling was involved in the creation of several of Apple's most important features that are used today on many of Apple's most important products, including Multi-Touch. (Little Fox).