March 17 (Reuters) - Chemicals firm DuPont De Nemours ( DD )

said on Monday insider Jon Kemp will take over as CEO of

its independent electronics unit following the planned spinoff

of the business.

It is also looking to appoint an external hire as chief

financial officer of the unit.

The company had accelerated the separation of its

electronics business, which includes semiconductor technologies

and interconnect solutions, earlier this year and expects to

complete the spinoff by Nov. 1.

DuPont ( DD ) was earlier planning to split into three publicly

traded companies, but in January said it no longer intends to

separate its water business, but would go ahead with the

electronics unit spinoff.

(Reporting by Tanay Dhumal in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi

Majumdar and Devika Syamnath)