Ive himself disagrees with you. From your link:
“”In so many other companies, ideas and great design get lost in the process,” Ive said. “The ideas that come from me and my team would have been completely irrelevant, nowhere, if Steve hadn’t been here to push us, work with us, and drive through all the resistance to turn our ideas into products”
You make a good point, though.
Is Ive still with Apple?
Yes.