PsiQuantum has appointed Niklas Zennström, Founder and CEO of Atomico, to its Board of Directors. Zennström, who co-founded Skype and has led Atomico since 2006, succeeds Siraj Khaliq who joined the board when Atomico first partnered with PsiQuantum in 2019. The appointment is part of broader leadership changes at PsiQuantum, which recently named Victor Peng as permanent CEO and added Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to the board. PsiQuantum is advancing utility-scale quantum computing projects in the US, Australia, and UK, including facilities in Chicago and Brisbane, using a silicon photonics platform built on existing semiconductor manufacturing.
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Who is on PsiQuantum's board of directors and what recent leadership changes have they made?
PsiQuantum's board additions include Niklas Zennström (Atomico founder and Skype co-founder) and Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, who joined in April. On the executive side, Victor Peng was confirmed as permanent CEO after serving as Interim CEO, Rob Soderbery joined as EVP, and Sriram Sitaraman as CIO. Zennström replaces Siraj Khaliq, who had represented Atomico on the board since 2019. Teams tracking quantum computing company developments and leadership moves follow PsiQuantum's trajectory on daily.dev.