iPhone maker Apple has elevated Indian-origin Sabih Khan to the position of chief operating officer, the company said on Wednesday.

Khan, who will take over the role from Jeff Williams later this month, has been at Apple for 30 years and joined the executive team as senior vice president of operations in 2019.

He was born in 1966 in Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh where he studied till fifth grade before his family moved to Singapore.