Fabrinet appoints Caroline Dowling to board of directors

Fabrinet (NYSE: FN) announced the appointment of Caroline Dowling to its board of directors. The company provides advanced optical packaging and precision manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers.

Dowling brings over 20 years of experience from Flex, an electronic manufacturing services provider, where she served as Business Group President from 2012 until her retirement in February 2019. In that role, she led telecommunications, enterprise compute, networking and cloud data center divisions while managing the Global Services Division.

"We are delighted to have Caroline join our Board of Directors," said Seamus Grady, chief executive officer of Fabrinet. "The breadth and depth of Caroline's experience will be a significant asset to our Board as we continue to extend our leadership position in the market."

Dowling currently serves on the boards of CRH plc (NYSE: CRH) and DCC plc (LSE: DCC). She previously served on the board of IMI plc from November 2019 to May 2025, where she chaired the remuneration committee. She completed the Harvard Advanced Management Program and holds a Diploma in Environmental, Social & Governance from the Corporate Governance Institute.

Fabrinet maintains manufacturing facilities in Thailand, the United States, China, and Israel, focusing on high-complexity optical communication components, automotive parts, medical devices, and industrial lasers.

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