Devinder Kumar

Devinder Kumar has served as a Director of Ciena since August 2019. He chairs Ciena’s Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. Mr. Kumar also serves on the board of directors of Sandisk Corporation. Mr. Kumar was 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.

Mr. Kumar joined AMD in 1984 and progressed through several leadership positions in corporate accounting and corporate finance, including serving as corporate controller and assistant treasurer. He 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.