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Mr Virginia Rometty Ginni Rometty is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of IBM. Mrs. Rometty was appointed President and CEO effective January 1, 2012. She became Chairman of the Board of Directors on October 1, 2012.Mrs. Rometty began her career with IBM in 1981 in Detroit, Michigan. Since then she has held a series of leadership positions in IBM, most recently as Senior Vice President and Group Executive, IBM Sales, Marketing and Strategy. In this role, she was responsible for business results in the 170 global markets in which IBM operates and pioneered IBM's rapid expansion in the emerging economies of the world.Prior to this, Mrs. Rometty served as Senior Vice President, IBM Global Business Services, where she led the successful integration of PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting. This acquisition was the largest in professional services history, creating a global team of more than 100,000 business consultants and services experts. In recognition of her leadership in the professional services industry, Mrs. Rometty was honored with the Carl Sloane Award 2006, given by the Association of Management Consulting Firms.In prior leadership roles, Mrs. Rometty served as general manager of IBM Global Services, Americas, as well as general manager of IBM's Global Insurance and Financial Services Sector.Mrs. Rometty serves on the Council on Foreign Relations; the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University; and the Board of Overseers and Board of Managers of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.She holds a Bachelor of Science degree with high honors in computer science and electrical engineering from Northwestern University.
Mr Mark Loughridge Mark Loughridge was named IBM Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in May 2004. He is a member of IBM's Corporate Operations Team and Worldwide Management Council. Mr. Loughridge was previously senior vice president and general manager, Global Financing, where he was responsible for business direction and management of a portfolio in excess of $38 billion. Prior to that role, Mr. Loughridge served in several executive-level finance positions including vice president and IBM controller; vice president of finance and planning for IBM Global Services; vice president for global finance and business operations for Sales and Distribution; vice president of finance and planning for the IBM Personal Systems Group; and completed several Executive assignments in the AS/400 Division. Since joining IBM in 1977 as a development engineer, Mr. Loughridge has held various management positions in finance, strategic planning and engineering including manager of financial services for IBM's Lab in Hursley, England. Mr. Loughridge earned a master's degree in business administration with a concentration in finance and operations from the University of Chicago, and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University.
Mr Lamberto Andreotti Mr. Lamberto Andreotti is Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company., effective as of May 5, 2015. He has served as Executive Chairman of the Board of the Company from May 5, 2015 to August 3, 2015. He is no longer Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective May 5, 2015. He was Chief Executive Officer, Director of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.
Mr Lee M. Thomas Mr Lee M. Thomas is an independent director of E I du Pont de Nemours and Co since December 2011. Mr Lee is a chairman of Rayonier Inc a global forest products co since June 2007. Mr. Thomas retired as chief executive officer of Rayonier in January 2012, a position he had held since March 2007. He was also president of Rayonier from June 2006 through August 2010. Previously, Mr. Thomas was president and chief operating officer of Georgia-Pacific Corp. Prior to joining Georgia-Pacific, he was chairman of Law Companies Environmental Group Inc., and administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Thomas also serves on the boards of Airgas Inc. (since 1998), the Regal Entertainment Group (since 2006) and the World Resources Institute.
Mark Vergnano Mark P. Vergnano joined DuPont in 1980 as a process engineer. He has had several assignments in manufacturing, technology, marketing, sales and business strategy. He has held assignments in various DuPont locations including Geneva, Switzerland. In February 2003 he was named Vice President and General Manager—Nonwovens and Vice President and General Manager—Surfaces and Building Innovations in October 2005. In June 2006, he was named Group Vice President of DuPont Safety & Protection. In October 2009, Mr. Vergnano was appointed Executive Vice President with responsibility for DuPont Protection Technologies, Building Innovations, Sustainable Solutions, Chemicals & Fluoroproducts, Titanium Technologies and Electronics & Communications. He also leads the company's sustainability, safety, communications, and sales and marketing functions.
Nicholas Fanandakis Nicholas C. Fanandakis joined DuPont in 1979 as an accounting and business analyst. Since then, Mr. Fanandakis served in a variety of plant, marketing, and product management and business director roles. Mr. Fanandakis served as Vice President and General Manager—DuPont Chemical Solutions Enterprise from 2003 until February 2007 when he was named Vice President—Corporate Plans. In January 2008, Mr. Fanandakis was named Group Vice President—DuPont Applied BioSciences. In November 2009, he was named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In August 2010, he was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Mr Alexander M. Cutler Mr Alexander M. Cutler serves on the boards of Eaton Corporation (since 2000) and E.I. du Pont Nemours Company (since April 30, 2008). He maintains leadership roles in civic and community organizations. He chairs The Business Roundtable Corporate Governance Committee and is also a member of The Business Council. Mr Cutler is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Eaton Corporation, a global diversified power management company with approximately 70,000 employees that sells products in more than 150 countries. As chairman and chief executive officer of a Fortune 200 company, Mr Cutler regularly reviews financial reports, risk management structure, policies and compliance activities, controls systems, information technology systems, company pension and deferred compensation plans, and foreign exchange and interest rate risks.
Mr Eleuthere I. Du Pont Mr Eleuthere I. Du Pont is President of the Longwood Foundation, a private foundation principally supporting charitable organizations since 2008. In 2007 and 2008 he served as senior vice president, operations and chief financial officer of drugstore.com, a leading online provider of health, beauty, vision and pharmacy products. Prior to that, Mr Eleuthere served as president and chief financial officer of Wawa Inc, an independent director at E I du Pont de Nemours and Co since January 1, 2006, a chain of food markets in the mid-Atlantic region with sales of $5 billion.
Mr Robert A. Brown Mr Robert A. Brown is an independent director of E I du Pont de Nemours and Co since April 25, 2007. He is a president of Boston University since September 2005. He previously was provost and professor of chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from July 1998 through July 2005. Dr. Brown is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering and a former member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
Mr Lois D. Juliber Mr Lois D. Juliber is a director at Mondelez International, Inc since November 2007. She is a Retired vice chairman, a position she held from July 2004 to March 2005, of Colgate-Palmolive Company, the principal business of which is the production and marketing of consumer products. Ms Juliber was chief operating officer of Colgate-Palmolive from 2000 to 2004. She formerly served as executive vice president-Developed Markets, president, Colgate-Palmolive North America and chief technological officer of Colgate-Palmolive. Ms. Juliber is a director of Goldman Sachs (since 2004) and Kraft Foods Inc. (since 2007). She also serves as Chairman of the MasterCard Foundation and is a Trustee Emeritae of Wellesley College. She serves as an independent director at E I du Pont de Nemours and Co since 1995.
Ms Marillyn A. Hewson Ms Marillyn A. Hewson is an executive vice president since January 2010 of Electronic Systems at Lockheed Martin Corporation, a leader in providing advanced technology products, services and systems integration solutions to defense, civil and commercial customers worldwide. She formerly served as president, Lockheed Martin Systems Integration-Owego from September 2008 through December 2009, independent director of E I du Pont de Nemours and Co since October 2007.executive vice president, global sustainment for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company from April 2007 to August 2008, and president, Logistics Services from January 2007 to March 2007. Prior to that, Ms. Hewson was president, Kelly Aviation Center L.P. Ms. Hewson is chair of the Sandia Corporation Board of Directors. She also serves on the Association of the United States Army Council of Trustees and the University of Alabama's Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration Board of Visitors. She formerly served as a director of Carpenter Technology Corporation (2002-2006).
Ms Ellen J. Kullman Ms Ellen J. Kullman is a chair person since Dec 31, 2009, and chief executive officer since January 2009 at E I du Pont de Nemours and Co. Mrs Kullman served as president of DuPont from October 2008 to December 2008. From June 2006 through September 2008, she served as executive vice president. Prior to that, Mrs Kullman was group vice president-DuPont Safety & Protection. She is a member of the board of directors of the US-China Business Council, the US-India CEO Forum, the Business Council, and the executive committee of SCI-America. She is also a member of the board of directors of Catalyst and serves on the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. She is co-chair of the National Academy of Engineering Committee on Changing the Conversation: From Research to Action. Mrs Kullman is Independent Director of United Technologies Corporation (since 2011). She is a member of the board of trustees of Tufts University and serves on the board of overseers at Tufts University School of Engineering. Mrs Kullman formerly served as a director of General Motors Company (2004-2008).
Mr Scott A. Mcgregor Mr Scott A. McGregor is President and Chief Executive Officer of Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Prior to joining Broadcom in January 2005, Mr McGregor was President and Chief Executive Officer of Philips Semiconductor, a $6-billion subsidiary of the Netherlands-based Royal Philips Electronics, from 2001 through 2004. In addition to his CEO role, he was also a member of the Group Management Committee of Royal Philips Electronics. He joined Philips Semiconductors in February 1998 as head of its Emerging Businesses unit. Before joining Philips, Mr McGregor served in various senior management positions from 1990 to 1998, most recently as senior vice president and general manager, at Santa Cruz Operation Inc., a provider of network computing solutions. He has also held management positions at Digital Equipment Corporation (now part of Hewlett-Packard) and led Microsoft’s original Windows team. He began his career at Xerox Corporation’s Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Mr McGregor is a member of the Board of Directors of Broadcom Corporation. He previously served on the Board of Directors of Progress Software Corporation.
Mr Alain Monie Alain Monié, age 61, has been a director at amazon since November 2008. Mr. Monié has been CEO of APRIL Management Pte Ltd., an international manufacturer and marketer of pulp and paper, since August 2010. Mr. Monié was President and Chief Operating Officer of Ingram Micro Inc. from August 2007 to August 2010, and served as Executive Vice President and President of Ingram Micro Asia-Pacific from January 2004 to August 2007. He joined Ingram Micro in January 2003 as Executive Vice President. Mr. Monié was a director of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated from October 2005 to May 2009.
Mr John H. Walker Mr John H. Walker Chief Executive Officer of Global Brass and Copper (copper and brass strip and bar manufacturer and distributor) (2007-present); Chief Executive Officer and President of The Boler Company (transportation manufacturer) (2003-2006). Director—Delphi Corporation (2005-2009); Nucor Corporation (2008-present); The Boler Company (2003-2006). He is a director at United Continental Holdings Inc since 2002. Mr Walker provides valuable business expertise and extensive management knowledge to the Board, having served in key management and operational oversight roles, including serving as Chief Executive Officer of Global Brass and Copper, Chief Executive Officer and President of The Boler Company, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and President of Weirton Steel Corporation and President of Flat Rolled Projects. The restructuring knowledge he has gained from his executive role at Weirton Steel, which reorganized under federal bankruptcy laws, provided valuable experience during the Company’s reorganization and exit from reorganization. He also brings consulting and strategy expertise from his early career with McKinsey & Company. Mr Walker brings audit and financial experience to the Board through his service on the Audit Committees of Delphi Corporation and Nucor Corporation, and knowledge of director and executive compensation through his service on the Compensation Committee of Nucor Corporation. Through his professional roles, Mr Walker has experience in a number of industries, including copper manufacturing, steel manufacturing and vehicle parts manufacturing.
Mr Murry Gerber Murry S. Gerber (age 58), Director since 2000, served as Executive Chairman of EQT Corporation, an integrated energy company, from 2010 until May 2011 and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EQT Corporation from 2007 to 2010, as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of EQT Corporation from 2000 to 2007 and as Chief Executive Officer and President of EQT Corporation from 1998 to 2000. Mr. Gerber is also a member of the Board of Directors of Halliburton Company.
Mr Robert Malone Mr. Malone, age 60, has been a director since July 2009. Mr. Malone was elected as President and Chief Executive Officer of the First National Bank of Sonora, Texas in October 2009. He is a Retired Executive Vice President of BP plc and the Retired Chairman of the Board and President of BP America Inc., at the time the largest producer of oil and natural gas and the second largest gasoline retailer in the U.S. He served in that position from 2006 to 2009. Mr. Malone previously served as Chief Executive Officer of BP Shipping Limited from 2002 to 2006, as Regional President Western United States, BP America Inc. from 2000 to 2002 and as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company from 1996 to 2000. He is also a director of Halliburton Company, the First National Bank of Sonora and INTERA Incorporated. Mr. Malone’s executive operating experience, including crisis management and safety performance, and energy industry experience, together with his service on another public company board of directors, make him a valued advisor and highly qualified to serve as a member of the Board and its Compensation Committee and as Chairman of its Health, Safety, Security and Environmental Committee.
Ms Nance K. Dicciani Ms Nance K. Dicciani is an independent member of supervisory board at LyondellBasell Industries since September 10, 2013. She has been a director of Rockwood since June 2008 and lead independent director since October 2009. From 2001 to her retirement in April 2008, Dr. Dicciani was the President and Chief Executive of Honeywell International Inc.'s $4.9 billion revenue specialty materials business. Prior to joining Honeywell in 2001, she was with Rohm and Haas Company, serving as Senior Vice President and Business Group Executive of chemical specialties and Director, European Region. In 2006, President George W. Bush appointed Dr. Dicciani to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Dr. Dicciani also serves on the boards of directors of Praxair Inc. and Halliburton Co. and the board of Trustees of Villanova University. Dr. Dicciani is an Operating Partner of Advent International Corp. Dr. Dicciani earned degrees in chemical engineering, including a B.S. from Villanova University, an M.S. from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. She also earned a M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr James Boyd Mr. Boyd served as chairman of the board of directors from 1998 to 2006, when he was appointed our lead director. Mr. Boyd served as Senior Vice President and Group Operating Officer of Ashland Inc. from 1989 until his retirement in 2002. Mr. Boyd also serves on the board of directors of Halliburton Inc.
Mr Alan Bennett On November 3, 2011, the Board of Directors of Fluor Corporation voted to elect Mr. Alan M. Bennett to the Board, effective November 3, 2011. Bennett spent parts of the last five years at H&R Block as interim chief executive officer and later as president & chief executive officer of one of the largest tax preparation services providers in the world. Prior to H&R Block, Bennett served in several senior management positions at diversified health care benefits provider, Aetna Inc. Over a 12-year period at Aetna, he most notably served as the company’s head of internal audit, corporate controller and chief financial officer. He also worked for 10 years at the Pirelli Armstrong Tire Corporation. Bennett began his career at Ernst & Whinney, the predecessor of Ernst & Young. Bennett currently serves on the board of directors of Halliburton and The TJX Companies. He previously served as a director for H&R Block and Bausch & Lomb. He became a Certified Public Accountant in 1974 and has also been a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants since 1974. Active in many civic pursuits, Bennett has supported the Lions Club and served on the board of directors of Students in Free Enterprise (a Sam Walton Organization) and on the committee on corporate reporting at the Financial Executives Institute. Bennett received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Susquehanna University, where he currently serves on the Board of Trustees.