Sabih Khan, an Indian-origin techie, has been appointed as Apple’s new chief operating officer (COO). The Moradabad-born executive has been part of the tech giant for nearly 30 years, and will succeed Jeff Williams.

Sabih Khan is presently Apple’s senior vice president of Operations and will assume the chief operating officer (COO) role later this month.

Sabih Khan, Apple's senior vice president of operations, will assume the COO role later this month as part of what Apple called a long-planned succession. Williams will continue reporting to CEO Tim Cook in the interim while overseeing the Apple Watch,