Eind mei kon je op MacFreak al lezen dat er grote veranderingen waren in het management bij Apple. Jonathan Ive kreeg een promotie die zorgde dat zijn titel, Chief Design Officer, nu past bij zijn status bij Apple, en zijn twee rechterhanden werden allebei ook gepromoveerd.

Dat zijn Richard Howarth, die is is nu Head of Industrial Design, en Alan Dye is voortaan Head of User Interface.

Daarna werd duidelijk dat Lisa Jackson steeds meer te doen krijgt. Want waar zij eerst 'alleen' het milieu onder haar hoede had is daar nu ook Policy and Social Initiatives bij gekomen, haar volledige titel is nu Vice President of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives.

Dit was allemaal al aangekondigd, maar Apple heeft nu de pagina waar het hele management op staat nu ook een update gegeven, die pagina kan je hier zien, waarmee al die promoties nu ook voor de buitenwereld officieel zijn.

Als laatste hieronder de memo die Tim Cook verstuurde toen Lisa Jackson verantwoordelijk werd voor nog meer bij Apple, als je dat leest weet je ook snel wat er bedoeld wordt met "Policy and Social Initiatives".

Team,

At Apple, we've dedicated ourselves to leaving the world better than we found it. And we are making real progress. I am proud and inspired when I see how our products and our people are improving lives around the world. This is what happens when we focus on putting our core values front and center in our products and operations.

Today, Apple is an industry leader in renewable energy, elimination of toxics and protecting working forests. As you know, Lisa Jackson joined us two years ago and we could not have come this far without her leadership on environmental initiatives across our company.

There's much more to do, not just on the environment, but on other issues we value such as human rights, education, and accessibility of our products to those with physical or developmental challenges. Apple can and will play an important role in each of these areas. Already, we are actively working with 114 schools in the U.S. through our ConnectED program. We are putting more accessibility tools in the hands of our wonderful app developers. And we have made our voice heard on public policy issues that affect us including clean energy and equality. These issues are critical not only to us, but to our customers, our shareholders, and in the communities where we all live and work.

So I've asked Lisa to lead our work in these areas and to take on a broader role as vice president of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives. Lisa will apply her passion and her unique skill set to integrate teams across Apple and make our impact even greater. As part of her new role, Lisa will also take over management of our worldwide Government Affairs function. Lisa already interacts regularly with governments around the world so she is a natural for this new role leading our public policy teams.

You can expect to see us create even more innovative programs which drive progress on these issues and others we care about most deeply.

Lisa will be the first to tell you, we have a long way to go and a lot to learn. But, like to many things at Apple, great challenges inspire us to work harder and aim higher.

Please join me in congratulating Lisa on her new role.

Tim

Lisa Jackson




Alan Dye




Richard Howarth