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.

A bombshell announcement from Cupertino late on Wednesday is reshaping the highest echelons of leadership at Apple, the world’s most valuable and scrutinised corporation. Jeff Williams, the Chief Operating Officer for the past decade and a figure many considered a potential,