Devinder Kumar

Devinder Kumar has served as a Director of Ciena since August 2019. Mr. Kumar served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AMD from January 2013 to January 2023 and was responsible for the global finance organization as well as global corporate services and facilities. He also served as Treasurer from April 2015 until January 2023. Mr. Kumar retired in April 2023.

Since joining AMD in 1984, Mr. Kumar progressed through several leadership positions in corporate accounting and corporate finance, including serving as corporate controller and assistant treasurer. He also spent 10 years in Asia as financial controller for AMD Penang and group regional finance director for AMD’s Manufacturing Services Group across Singapore, Thailand, China, and Malaysia.

Kumar has a bachelor’s degree in ecology from the University of Malaya, Malaysia; a master’s degree in biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara; and, an MBA in finance from the University of California, Los Angeles.