Celestica Taps CEO as Board Chair and Scales Upcoming 1.6T Switch Rollout
Celestica will appoint Rob Mionis as Board Chair, Laurette Koellner as Lead Independent Director effective May 19, 2026 and David Reeder as director to bring financial and operational expertise. The shift of AI infrastructure bottleneck to networking, combined with ramping 800G and upcoming 1.6T switch programs, boosts its growth outlook.
1. Board Leadership Succession
Celestica will retire Chair Michael Wilson prior to the May 19, 2026 Annual Meeting; CEO Rob Mionis, a board member since 2015, will assume the Chair role and Laurette Koellner will serve as Lead Independent Director with oversight responsibilities.
2. Appointment of David Reeder
Effective May 1, 2026, David Reeder will join the nine-member board, bringing CEO experience at Entegris and CFO roles at Chewy and GlobalFoundries, reinforcing the board’s semiconductor and financial expertise.
3. Networking-Focused Growth Strategy
As AI infrastructure bottlenecks shift from GPUs to networking, Celestica is ramping its margin-accretive 800G switch programs and planning 1.6T deployments, positioning for higher-bandwidth interconnect demand in data center and AI applications.