Littelfuse (Chicago, IL)

The company announced that Deepak Nayar, senior VP and general manager, will retire at the end of 2027 following a 20-year career at Littelfuse. Effective Jan. 1, 2027, Dr. Karim Hamed will assume the expanded role of senior VP and general manager, CCDI Market & Electronics Segment.

Nayar will transition to a special advisor to the CEO role. In this new role, Dr. Hamed will bring the complementary Electronics and Semiconductor businesses under a unified leadership structure and oversee the company’s CCDI (Computing, Communications, and Diversified Industrials) market strategy, with a focus on deepening customer partnerships, strengthening go-to-market execution, and identifying opportunities for long-term growth and operational efficiencies.

Hamed joined Littelfuse in 2025 as senior VP and general manager, Semiconductor Business. He brings more than two decades of global leadership experience in the semiconductor industry. Prior to joining Littelfuse, Dr. Hamed was at Analog Devices, where he served as corporate VP, Industrial and Healthcare Business Group. Previously, he served as VP, Industrial Instrumentation Business Unit, and general manager, Microwave Communications Group. Hamed also served in various leadership and technical roles at Hittite Microwave, TriQuint Semiconductor and Mimix Broadband.