Child, who stepped down as the CFO of Splunk Inc on the same day, will join the company on Nov. 2 this year, the chip designer said.

Child will succeed Inder Singh, who will remain at Arm in an advisory role and assist in the transition through November before moving to a new opportunity, Arm said.

(Reporting by Jahnavi Nidumolu in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese)