---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-073024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DIOD"
cik: "0000029002"
company_name: "DIODES INC /DEL/"
filed_at: "2023-12-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T07:38:39.748013+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Diodes promotes Gary Yu to President as part of CEO succession plan

## Summary
- Gary Yu appointed President effective January 2, 2024; remains principal operating officer.
- CEO Keh-Shew Lu continues as Chairman and CEO until at least May 31, 2027 per employment agreement.
- Yu joined Diodes in 2008, served as COO since Feb 2023; previously VP at Lite-On and Texas Instruments.
- Yu is married to the niece of CEO Lu; compensation disclosed in April 2023 proxy statement.
- All executive officers and regional presidents will report to Yu under the new structure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-073024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DIOD
- cik: 0000029002
- company_name: DIODES INC /DEL/
- filed_at: 2023-12-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29002/000095017023073024/0000950170-23-073024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29002/000095017023073024/diod-20231212.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-073024
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-073024.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-073024.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gary Yu was appointed as President at DIODES INC /DEL/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: On December 26, 2023, Diodes Incorporated (the “Company”) Board of Directors appointed Gary Yu as President of the Company, effective January 2, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/29002/000095017023073024/0000950170-23-073024-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.