It House, May 12 (Xinhua)-- Apple's top management team is made up of veterans who have served for many years, and as their tenure draws to a close, there will be a big change at the top of the company, according to Bloomberg's Mark Goolman. While John John Ternus may be Apple's next CEO, the company still needs to find new leaders for its key divisions.

It House notes that Apple's executive team is tightly structured and has barely changed over the past decade. And many of the top executives on the team are about the same age as the current CEO, Tim Tim Cook. This means that Apple's challenge is not just to find a replacement for Cook, but that many leaders are likely to step down at the same time.

A previous article in Bloomberg BusinessWeek pointed out that John John Ternus, Apple's head of hardware engineering, has become a possible long-term successor to Cook, and he has been seen more and more frequently recently. He will deliver a commencement speech at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering on May 18 after the launch of iPad's new product last week. Tynes is not yet 50 years old and there is still a lot of room for development in his career. The report also said that if Cook leaves office in the near future, Chief operating Officer Jeff Williams (Jeff Williams) is also a possible successor.

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The article then discusses the potential successors of each key department:

Operation: this department may be the department with the most abundant reserves of successors. Jeff Williams has been chief operating officer since 2015, and his successor is likely to be his right-hand man, senior vice president Sabih Khan. Khan is already a member of Apple's executive team (he took his place after designer Jony Ive left the company in 2019), giving him a strong position. Khan is in charge of the entire supply chain, and it is not impossible for him to be in charge of AppleCare support at the same time. If Khan is promoted, Priya Balasubramaniam will almost certainly become Apple's next senior vice president of operations and possibly chief operating officer in the future. An important question is where Apple will put its design team when Williams retires. At present, individual industrial designers report directly to him, but this is a recent change.

Finance: Luca Maestri has been in charge of Apple's finance functions since he took over from Peter Oppenheimer (Peter Oppenheimer) in 2014. Maestri joined Apple in 2013 as the company's chief financial officer, making it clear that he will take the position of chief financial officer. There are no equivalent outsiders in the CFO's office, but Mr Maestri has been training Kevin Kevan Parekh, vice president of finance, to take his place. Although Parek is not very famous, he is an indispensable executive of Apple, often reporting directly to Cook on important financial and sales matters. As a sign of his growing importance, he recently took over the duties and office of Sonny Casey, a former senior financial executive at Apple, who is now Sonos Inc.Crashcards. The chief financial officer.

General counsel: Kate Adams (Kate Adams), who joined Apple in 2017, is already one of the longest serving legal advisers in Apple's history. Her predecessor, Bruce Sewell, had been in the position for about eight years, but before that, the position had been changed frequently. It's a demanding job, especially at a time when Apple is under regulatory pressure at home and abroad. This is one of the rare senior positions at Apple that are usually held by outsiders, but Adams also has deputies, including Kyle Kyle Andeer and BJ Waterlaus (BJ Watrous), who may also be qualified for the position.

Software engineering: Craig Federici (Craig Federighi) has been Apple's top software executive since 2012. He replaced Scott Forstall, the original head of iOS, during Mr Cook's first management reshuffle. Mr Federidge is unlikely to leave Apple anytime soon. His potential successor is Sebastian Marino, who is currently in charge of many functions of the iOS system, including widgets, home screens and privacy, while some think Jon Andrews, who is in charge of the underlying software technology, is more appropriate.

Hardware engineering: if John John Ternus, the current head of hardware engineering, does replace Cook as CEO, his successor may be Mike Rockwell, who launched Vision Pro, but the relationship between Tynes and Rockwell is delicate: Tynes is not a supporter of Vision Pro, and Rockwell has never reported to him directly, which could be a factor. Tynes' other capable players Kate Bergeron (Kate Bergeron) and Eugene Kim (Eugene) are also among the potential candidates.

Hardware technology: Sri Santhanam, the current head of chip technology under Johny Srouji, is considered his successor and is responsible for the development of core chips for all Apple devices, including the iPhone and Mac. Unlikely possibilities include Tim Miller (Tim Millet), who introduced the M4 chip during Apple's presentation of the new iPad Pro.

Marketing: Greg Greg Joswiak took over as head of marketing in 2020, and his deputy Bob Borchers, who is in charge of marketing all Apple products, is considered his most likely successor. Kaiann Drance, vice president of marketing at iPhone, is one of the long-term successors.

Artificial intelligence: John Janandreya (John Giannandrea) joined Apple in 2018 as the leader of the engineering intelligence team. Due to the particularity of its team, there is no clear successor at present. If Janandreya leaves, the artificial intelligence team may be reintegrated into the software engineering department.

Retail: Deirdre O'Brien (Deirdre O'Brien), who has been in charge of Apple's retail business since 2019, doesn't have a suitable successor, and the company may hire outsiders again, but her deputy, Vanessa Trigub, may be a temporary candidate.

Services: Eddy Cue is an irreplaceable figure who is currently in charge of projects covering streaming, music, maps, payments, and so on. If he leaves office, his duties may be split, with Oliver Oliver Schusser and Jeff Robbin taking over entertainment and services respectively.

App Store and Apple events: the head of the app store, Phil Schiller, is also hard to replace, and there is no suitable person to replace him in charge of the app store, but with regulators intervening, Schiller seems interested in staying to meet the challenge.

Environment, policy and social initiatives: head of Lisa Jackson (Lisa Jackson) has experience in government work and as head of the Environmental Protection Agency, and it is also difficult to find a suitable successor. When she retires, Sarah Sarah Chandler is expected to be responsible for environmental protection, while government affairs are likely to be taken over by a former administration official from Washington.

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