Intel has appointed Safroadu (Saf) Yeboah-Amankwah as senior vice president and chief strategy officer.

Mr. Yeboah-Amankwah will be responsible for the global strategy office, including Intel Capital, and will work with the executive team on developing and driving growth-oriented strategies, Intel said in a statement. He will report to CEO Bob Swan.

Mr. Yeboah-Amankwah joins Intel from McKinsey, where he was most recently a senior partner and global head of the Transformation Practice for the Telecom, Media and Technology (TMT) practice, based in Washington, D.C. Previously he served as managing partner for South Africa and head of McKinsey’s TMT and Digital practice for Africa, among other roles.

Yeboah-Amankwah received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a former board member of the United Negro College Fund.

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