
HP Appoints Three New Members to Board of DirectorsCompany expands number of HP Board Members from nine to 12
PALO ALTO, Calif. HP today announced that its board of directors has appointed three new members.
Robert R. Dob Bennett, former president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Liberty Media Corporation; Raymond E. Ozzie, former chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation and founder of Talko Inc.; and James A. Skinner, former vice chairman and CEO of McDonald's Corporation and current chairman of Walgreen Co., will join HP's board, effective today. The appointments increase the number of HP directors from nine to 12.
Over the coming months, the board will continue to search for additional world-class directors as well as a permanent non-executive chairman. Ralph V. Whitworth will continue to serve as chairman of the board on an interim basis.
In April, we made a pledge to recruit the very best, most talented leaders to HP's already outstanding board, said Whitworth. Dob, Ray and Jim bring tremendous capital allocation, technological, operational and leadership expertise and experience to the table. I'm confident they will make enormous contributions as we support Meg and her team in rebuilding HP by better serving our customers, strengthening our partnerships and building value for our shareholders. It's an enormously satisfying time to be part of HP, and today's announcement adds to our ability to deliver on our promises.
As we move forward with our turnaround, it's a huge benefit to be able to get advice from a board made up of such experienced business and technology leaders, said Meg Whitman, president and CEO, HP. For their part, Dob, Ray and Jim have just about seen it all during their careers. I'm very grateful for their support, as well as the ongoing support from all of the directors.
With their addition to the board, Bennett will become a member of the Finance and Investment Committee and the Audit Committees, Ozzie will join the Technology Committee and the Finance and Investment Committee, and Skinner will join the Audit, HR and Compensation, and Nominating and Governance Committees.
Note to editors: Ralph Whitworth posted comments regarding this announcement at www.hpnext.com.
About Robert R. Dob Bennett
Dob Bennett is the former president and CEO of Liberty Media Corporation. He served in those positions from April 1997 until August 2005. He was one of the founding executives of Liberty, serving as the principal financial officer from its inception in 1991 until 1997. He currently is principal of Hilltop Investments, LLC, a family investment company.
Bennett also served as president of Discovery Holding Company, Inc. from March 2005 until September 2008, when it was merged with Discovery Communications, Inc., creating a new public company. Prior to his tenure at Liberty, Bennett worked with Tele-Communications, Inc. in a variety of financial positions and with The Bank of New York. He currently serves on the boards of Liberty Media Corporation, Discovery Communications, Inc., Sprint Corporation and Demand Media, Inc.
Bennett holds a bachelor's degree with honors in economics from Denison University and an MBA from Columbia University.
About Raymond E. Ozzie
Ray Ozzie, an industry visionary and pioneer in computer-supported cooperative work, left his role as Microsoft's chief software architect in December 2010 and founded Talko Inc., a firm focused on a new generation of mobile communications applications and services.
Ozzie assumed the role of chief software architect at Microsoft in June 2006. In that role, Ozzie had oversight of the company's technical strategy and product architecture, and directed development of the company's next-generation software services platform. Ozzie was Microsoft's chief technical officer from April 2005 to June 2006. He took up that role when Microsoft acquired Groove Networks, Inc., a collaboration software firm Ozzie formed in 1997.
Before Groove, Ozzie was a founder and president of Iris Associates, where he created and led the development of Lotus Notes. Before Iris, Ozzie contributed to the development of Lotus Symphony and Software Arts' TK!Solver and VisiCalc, and worked in distributed operating systems development at Data General Corp.
Honored as one of seven Windows Pioneers by Microsoft, Ozzie also was named Person of the Year in 1995 by PC Magazine and has been inducted into the Computer Museum Industry Hall of Fame and the InfoWorld Hall of Fame. In November 2000, he received the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society's W. Wallace McDowell Award, and in 2001, he was honored as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. In 2004, Ozzie was inducted as a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and in 2010, he was named as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Ozzie has served as a member of the National Research Council's Computer Science and Telecommunications Board and currently serves on the board of directors of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC).
Ozzie earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
About James A. Skinner
Jim Skinner has served as a member of the Walgreen Co. board of directors since 2005, and was appointed non-executive chairman in July 2012. He is the retired vice chairman and chief executive officer of McDonald's Corporation. Before his promotion to McDonald's CEO in November 2004, Skinner served as vice chairman overseeing restaurant operations in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.
Skinner held numerous leadership positions during his McDonald's career. Before becoming vice chairman, he served as president and chief operating officer of the McDonald'
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