Business Services Industry

Directors Roster: a quarterly record of new director appointments sponsored by Heidrick & Struggles

Directors & Boards, Wntr, 2006

Scott M. Whitcup

Executive Vice President

ALLERGAN INC.

Irvine, CA

Bio Notes: Also serves as head of research and development at Allergan. Serves on the faculty at the Jules Stein Eye Institute/David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Previously was clinical director of the National Eye Institute.

Avanir develops therapeutic products for the treatment of chronic diseases. Revenues are $6 million. Allergan is a pharmaceutical products developer. Revenues are $2 billion.

AVID TECHNOLOGY INC.

Tewksbury, MA

has added to its board:

Youngme E. Moon

Associate Professor of Business Administration

HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL

Boston, MA

Bio Notes: Has extensive experience in consumer marketing. Joined Harvard Business School in 1998. Previously was an assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and formerly was a network television broadcast producer.

Avid provides software and hardware for digital media production. Revenues are $648 million.

BERRY PETROLEUM CO.

Bakersfield, CA

has added to its board:

Joseph H. Bryant

Bio Notes: Has more than 28 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Most recently served as president and COO of Unocal Corp. From 2000-2004 was president of BP Angola. Previously was president of BP Canada. Has held numerous management positions at Amoco.

Berry is an oil and gas production and exploration company. Revenues are $334 million.

BLACKROCK INC.

New York, NY

has added to its board:

Dennis D. Dammerman

Vice Chairman and Executive Officer

GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.

Fairfield, CT

Bio Notes: Since 1998 has served as chairman of GE Capital Services. Previously was SVP and CFO at GE. Retired from GE at the end of 2005, concluding a 38-year career with the company.

BlackRock is an investment management company. Revenues are $1 billion. GE is a diverse manufacturing, media, and financial services company. Revenues are $166 billion.

BRIGHTPOINT INC.

Plainfield, IN

has added to its board:

Kari-Pekka Wilska

Venture Partner

AUSTIN VENTURES

Austin, TX

Bio Notes: Previously served as president of Vertu Ltd., a U.K.-based Nokia Corp. venture that develops, manufactures, and markets luxury mobile phones. Spent a 20-year career with Nokia, where he held numerous senior positions, including president of Nokia Inc. and SVP and general manager of Nokia Mobile Phones Americas. Also serves on the board of Zarlink Semiconductor Inc.

Brightpoint is a mobile phone distributor. Revenues are $2 billion. Austin is a privately held venture capital firm.

BROADCOM CORP.

Irvine, CA

has added to its board:

Nancy H. Handel

Senior Vice President and CFO

APPLIED MATERIALS INC.

Santa Clara, CA

Bio Notes: In present position since 2004. Has spent a 20-year career at Applied Materials and has served in numerous positions, including deputy chief financial officer, corporate controller, and principal accounting officer, and treasurer. Previously held financial positions with Raychem Corp. and Crown Zellerbach Corp. Age 54.

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Broadcom provides wired and wireless broadband communications semiconductors. Revenues are $2 billion. Applied Materials supplies equipment and services to the semiconductor industry. Revenues are $7 billion.

 

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