Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG) announced that Kurt Sievers, former chief executive officer of NXP Semiconductors, has been appointed to its board of directors effective April 1.

Sievers served as president and chief executive officer of NXP Semiconductors N.V. from 2020 until his retirement in 2025. He previously held the role of president beginning in 2018 and joined NXP's executive management team in 2009. During his tenure, he led the acquisition of Marvell's Wi-Fi Connectivity Business Unit in 2019 and the 2015 merger of NXP and Freescale Semiconductor.

Sievers currently serves on the board of directors of Capgemini SE and is a member of its Strategy & CSR and Compensation Committees. He also serves on the supervisory board of Daimler Truck Holding AG.

"Kurt's decades-long global experience at the intersection of technology, mobility, and global consumer markets will bring valuable perspective to the Booking Holdings management team and Board of Directors," said Robert J. Mylod Jr., chair of the Booking Holdings board.

Booking Holdings also announced that director Lynn Radakovich will retire from the board effective at the company's annual meeting in June. Radakovich served on the board for a decade, according to the company statement.

"We would like to thank Lynn for her decade of remarkable service to the Booking Holdings Board and stockholders," Mylod said in the statement.

The information is based on a press release from Booking Holdings.