Sabih Khan is presently Apple’s senior vice president of Operations and will assume the chief operating officer (COO) role later this month.

Apple on Tuesday named insider Sabih Khan as its chief operating officer, taking over from Jeff Williams, as part of a long-planned succession.

Sabih Khan, Apple's senior vice president of operations, will assume the COO role later this month as part of what Apple called a long-planned succession. Williams will continue reporting to CEO Tim Cook in the interim while overseeing the Apple Watch,