Lumentum Makes CEO Change

Lumentum Holdings has named Michael Hurlston president, CEO, and a director of the company, effective Feb. 7. Hurlston succeeds Alan Lowe, who has served as the company’s president and CEO since 2015. Lowe will continue as a member of Lumentum’s board of directors and will serve as an advisor to the company.

Hurlston joins Lumentum from Synaptics, where he served as president and CEO and a member of the board of directors since joining the company in 2019. Prior to Synaptics, Hurlston served as CEO and a member of the board of Finisar Corporation, which was a leading optical communications company acquired by Coherent (previously II-VI) in 2019. He also served in a variety of management roles at Broadcom and its predecessor corporation.

Lowe previously served as president of the former JDSU Communications and Commercial Optical Products business segment, which became Lumentum. He led Lumentum through a bidding war (involving II-VI as well as MKS) as Lumentum attempted to acquire Coherent in 2021.