Apple has announced that Jeff Williams will transition his role as chief operating officer later this month to Sabih Khan, Apple’s senior vice president of Operations. Apple claims that this is part of a long-planned succession and that Williams will continue reporting to Apple CEO Tim Cook and , Apple said Jeff Williams, the company's operating chief, will be stepping down from that role later this month. Sabih Khan, senior vice president of operations, will be taking the COO role as , Sabih Khan, Apple’s senior vice president of operations, will replace Mr. Williams as the company’s chief operating officer later this month., Indian-origin executive Sabih Khan was on Tuesday named as Apple’s new Chief Operating Officer, succeeding Jeff Williams in what the company described as a long-planned succession. Indian-origin , Apple today announced Jeff Williams will transition his role as chief operating officer later this month to Sabih Khan, Apple’s senior vice president of Operations as part of a long-planned , Apple Inc. Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams will hand off the job to deputy Sabih Khan later this month, marking a major transition for the iPhone maker..