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Mr John E. Major Mr John E. Major is a chairman of the board of directors of Broadcom Inc since May 2008. He is the Chairman of the Compensation and Human Resources Committee and a member of the Board Governance Committee. Mr Major is President of MTSG, a company that provides consulting, management and governance services, which he formed in 2003. From 2003 to 2006, he served as CEO of Apacheta Corporation, a mobile wireless software company whose products are used to manage inventory and deliveries. From 2000 to 2003, he served as Chairman and CEO of Novatel Wireless, Inc., a leading provider of wireless Internet solutions. Prior to joining Novatel Wireless, Mr Major served as President and CEO of Wireless Knowledge, Inc., a joint venture between Microsoft Corporation and QUALCOMM Inc., from 1998 through 1999. From 1997 to 1998, he served as Executive Vice President of QUALCOMM and President of its Wireless Infrastructure Division. Prior to joining QUALCOMM, Mr Major served as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Motorola, Inc., a manufacturer of telecommunications equipment. Prior to that he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager for Motorola’s Worldwide Systems Group of the Land Mobile Products Sector. Also he has served as a director of Lennox International Inc since 1993. Mr Major currently serves as the Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the Compensation Committee, and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of Broadcom Corporation, a semiconductor manufacturing company. He also serves on the Board of Directors, as Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and as a member of the Technology Committee and the Audit Committee of Littelfuse, Inc., a manufacturer of circuit protection devices.
Mr Gilbert F. Casellas Mr Gilbert F. Casellas has been Chairman of OMNITRU (consulting and investment firm) since 2011 and was the VP, Corporate Responsibility of Dell Inc. (a global computer manufacturer) from 2007 to 2010. He served as a Member of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo, PC (a law firm) from June 2005 to October 2007. He served as President of Casellas & Associates, LLC (a consulting firm) from 2001 to 2005. Mr Gilbert is a member of board of directors at Prudential Financial Inc since January 2001. During 2001, he served as President and CEO of Q-linx, Inc. He served as the President and COO of The Swarthmore Group, Inc. from January 1999 to December 2000. Mr Casellas served as Chairman, U.S. EEOC from 1994 to 1998 and General Counsel, U.S. Department of the Air Force, from 1993 to 1994.
Mr John R. Strangfeld Mr John R. Strangfeld has served as CEO and President of Prudential Financial since January 2008 and Chairman of the Board since May 2008. Mr Strangfeld is a Member of the Office of the Chairman of Prudential Financial and served as Vice Chairman of Prudential Financial from 2002 through 2007, overseeing the U.S. Insurance and Investments divisions. Prior to his position as Vice Chairman, Mr Strangfeld held a variety of senior investment positions at Prudential, both within the U.S. and abroad.
Mr Mark B. Grier Mr Mark B. Grier is the vice chairman of board of directors at Prudential Financial Inc since January 2008. Mr Grier has served as a member of the Office of the Chairman of Prudential Financial since August 2002. From April 2007 through January 2008, he served as Vice Chairman overseeing the International Insurance and Investments division and the Global Marketing and Communications. Mr Grier was Chief Financial Officer of Prudential Insurance from 1995 to 1997 and has served in various executive roles. Prior to joining Prudential, Mr Grier was an executive with Chase Manhattan Corporation.
Ms Denise M. Morrison Ms Denise M. Morrison is a director at MetLife Inc since February 21, 2014. Denise was elected Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Campbell Soup Company and a member of the Board of Directors, effective October 1, 2010. She is responsible for leading the Campbell USA, North America Foodservice & StockPot, and Campbell Canada businesses. Denise joined Campbell in April 2003 as President-Global Sales and Chief Customer Officer, and was named President-Campbell USA in June 2005. She later joined Pepsi-Cola in Trade and Business Development. In 1995, Denise moved to Nabisco Inc., where she served as Senior Vice President and led the Nabisco Food Company's sales organization and was General Manager for the Down the Street division.Denise serves on various Boards including The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and is a former Director of Ballard Power Systems Inc. She is a member of the GMA Industry Affairs Council. In 2007, Denise was awarded the Aiming High Award by Legal Momentum, the Garden State Woman of the Year for Corporations by Garden State Women magazine and was selected as a Top Woman in Grocery by Progressive Grocer magazine. Denise was also honored with the Salute to Policy Makers award by the Executive Women of New Jersey in 2007. In 2001, she was appointed to the New York YWCA Academy of Women Achievers. Denise earned her bachelor of science degree in economics and psychology from Boston College in 1975, graduating magna cum laude. She was inducted into the Order of the Cross and Crown Honor Society for academic and extracurricular achievement. On June 23, 2011, Campbell Soup Company announced that the Board of Directors has elected Denise as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective August 1, 2011.
Mr John Mcpherson John D. McPherson, 65, joined the Board in July 2008. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Florida East Coast Railway, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Florida East Coast Industries, Inc., from 1999 until his retirement in 2007. From 1993-1998, Mr. McPherson served as Senior Vice President—Operations, and from 1998-1999, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Illinois Central Railroad. Prior to joining the Illinois Central Railroad, Mr. McPherson served in various capacities at Santa Fe Railroad for 25 years. As a result of his extensive career in the rail industry, Mr. McPherson serves as an expert in railroad operations. Mr. McPherson currently serves on the board of directors of Las Vegas Railway Express, a start-up passenger railroad which will operate between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. From 1997-2007, Mr. McPherson served as a member of the board of directors of TTX Company, a railcar provider and freight car management services joint venture of North American railroads.
Mr Timothy O'Toole Timothy T. O’Toole, 56, joined the Board in September 2008. Mr. O’Toole is currently the Chief Executive Officer of FirstGroup, plc, a leading transportation company that primarily provides rail and bus services. FirstGroup, a publicly traded company on the London Stock Exchange, employs approximately 130,000 staff throughout the U.K. and North America and transports some 2.5 billion passengers a year. Mr. O’Toole previously served as the Managing Director of the London Underground from 2003 through April 2009, where he was responsible for operating and rebuilding the Tube, the world’s oldest metropolitan railway. Mr. O’Toole brings to the Board over 25 years of railroad industry experience. He also provides invaluable operational experience in crisis management evidenced by his leadership following a terror attack on the London Underground in 2005. Previously, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Conrail from 1998 to 2001. During his more than 20 years at Conrail, he served in various senior management roles, including Senior Vice President of Law and Government Affairs, Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and Treasurer, and Vice President and General Counsel. Mr. O’Toole also serves as a member of the board of FirstGroup.
Mr Steven Halverson Mr. Halverson currently is the Chief Executive Officer of The Haskell Company, one of the largest design and construction firms in the United States, and serves on the Board of Directors of the following entities: CSX Corporation; ACIG Insurance Co.; the Florida Council of 100; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida; and the Florida Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Halverson also is a regent of St. John’s University. Mr. Halverson previously served as a Senior Vice President of M. A. Mortenson, an international construction firm.
Mr Edward J. Kelly Mr Edward J. Kelly, III, is a director at MetLife Inc since February 2015. He has served as a director of CSX since July 2002. Mr Kelly is currently Chairman of the Institutional Clients Group at Citigroup, Inc. He has previously served as Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Global Banking at Citigroup, Inc., as well as Chief Executive Officer of Citi Alternative Investments, an integrated alternative investments platform within Citigroup, Inc. Mr Kelly previously served as a Managing Director at The Carlyle Group and Vice Chairman of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. following PNC’s acquisition of Mercantile Bankshares Corporation in March 2007. At Mercantile, Mr Kelly held the offices of Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President from March 2003 until March 2007, and was Chief Executive Officer and President from March 2001 to March 2003. Before joining Mercantile, Mr Kelly served as Managing Director and co-head of Investment Banking Client Management at J.P. Morgan Chase and Managing Director and Head of Global Financial Institutions at J.P. Morgan. Previously, Mr Kelly was a partner at the law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell, where he specialized in matters related to financial institutions. Early in his career, Mr Kelly served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr. Mr Kelly has previously served on the boards of directors for The Hartford Financial Services Group, The Hershey Company and Paris RE Holdings.
Mr John Breaux Senator John B. Breaux has served as a director since February 2007. Senator Breaux serves as a Senior Public Policy Advisor at Patton Boggs LLP. Senator Breaux also currently serves as a director of CSX Corporation. Until his retirement from public service in 2005, Senator Breaux represented the State of Louisiana in the U.S. Senate for three consecutive terms beginning in 1987. Prior to his tenure as Senator, he represented the State of Louisiana in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1972 to 1987. Senator Breaux began his career in 1972 with his election as a Democrat to the Ninety-second Congress in a special election. At the age of 28, he was then the youngest member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Senator Breaux was re-elected to the seven succeeding Congresses and served until January 3, 1987, when he won election as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate. Senator Breaux was re-elected in both the 1992 and 1998 elections. Senator Breaux held numerous leadership positions during his 14 years in the U.S. House of Representatives and 18-year tenure in the U.S. Senate, where he served on the House Public Works and Transportation Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, and the Senate Commerce Committee where he was recognized as a non-partisan consensus builder. Senator Breaux also served as Chair and ranking minority member of the Senate Committee on Aging. Senator Breaux founded the Centrist Coalition of Senate Democrats and Republicans and served as Chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council.
Mr Stephen H. Siegele Mr Stephen H. Siegele is an independent director of Freeport-McMoRan Inc since August 1, 2006. He is a private investor, Founder and Chief Executive of Advanced Delivery & Chemical Systems, Inc (ADCS), a worldwide leader in advanced chemicals and delivery hardware serving markets in Asia, Europe and the U.S., from 1988 to 1997. In 1997, ADCS merged with Advanced Technology Materials, Inc., a public company, where Mr. Siegele became a divisional president and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors until his retirement in 2000. He then founded and served as Chairman of Fluorine On Call, Ltd., a private company that designs and manufactures high purity fluorine generators. Mr. Siegele retired from Fluorine On Call, Ltd. in April 2006. Holds B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is an inventor of numerous U.S. patents.
Mr Bobby Lee Lackey Mr Bobby Lee Lackey is an independent director of Freeport McMoRan Inc since 1995. Bobby Lackey is a consultant, president and Chief Executive Officer of McManus-Wyatt-Hidalgo Produce Marketing Co., shipper of fruits and vegetables from 1998 to 2000. Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of McManus Produce Co., Inc., McManus Cotton Gin, Inc. and McManus Ice Co., Inc. from 1968 to 1998. Former President of Texas Citrus and Vegetable Growers & Shippers Association. Attended The University of Texas at Austin.
Mr Robert J. Allison Mr Robert J. Allison is an Independent Director of Freeport-McMoran Inc since 2001. He retired being chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. Chairman of the Board of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation from 1986 to 2005. President and Chief Executive Officer of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation from 1979 to 2002 and March 2003 to December 2003. Holds B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Kansas. Former director of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation.
Mr Adrian Hennah Mr Adrian Hennah is Board Member and CFO at Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC. Mr Adrian Hennah is Non-executive director since 2011. He is chief financial officer of Smith & Nephew plc. Before that was chief financial officer of Invensys plc, having previously held various senior finance and management positions within GlaxoSmithKline for 18 years.
Mr Christine A. Poon Ms Christine A. Poon is a former Vice Chairman of Johnson & Johnson's Board of directors and Worldwide Chairman of the Pharmaceuticals Group. Currently dean of Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business and member of the Board of directors at Prudential and also a director at Regeneron since November 2010.
Mr David O'Maley Mr. O’Maley is Executive Chairman and retired President and Chief Executive Officer of Ohio National Mutual Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiary Ohio National Financial Services, Inc., an intermediate insurance holding company that markets insurance and financial products through its affiliates, including The Ohio National Life Insurance Company. Mr. O’Maley has served as Executive Chairman of these companies since November 2010. Mr. O’Maley served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ohio National Mutual Holdings and Ohio National Financial Services from 1994 until November 2010 and has been with Ohio National since 1992. As the current Executive Chairman and recently retired President and Chief Executive Officer of a large financial services company, Mr. O’Maley provides significant financial industry expertise to our Board discussions and is familiar with the current regulatory and business environment. Mr. O’Maley has gained additional experience in the financial services arena as a director of The Midland Company, a publicly held casualty insurance company, from 1998 to 2008, where he served as its Compensation Committee Chair and on its Governance Committee. (Cincinnati, Ohio). He served as a Presiding Director of U.S. BanCorp and has been its Director since 1995
Ms Jill D. Smith Ms Jill D. Smith is a member of board of directors at Endo International plc since September 2012. Ms Jill Smith until recently served as the chairman of the board of directors and CEO of DigitalGlobe, Inc., a leading provider of satellite information products and services to commercial and government customers globally. Ms Smith was previously president and CEO of eDial, a collaboration software company, and CEO of SRDS, L.P., a private publishing and printing company, as well as COO of Micron Electronics, Inc., a direct PC manufacturer and marketer. Additionally, Ms. Smith co-founded and led Treacy & Company, LLC, a consulting and boutique investment business. Ms Smith’s earlier professional experience includes executive positions at Sara Lee Corporation and vice president at Bain & Company. She earned a master’s degree in business administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Mr Michael Moritz Michael J. Moritz joined LinkedIn's board of directors in January 2011. Sir Michael has been a Managing Member of venture capital firm Sequoia Capital since 1986, and has served as Sequoia Capital’s chair since 2012. He currently serves on the board of directors for a number of public and private companies, including Green Dot Corporation, Sugar, Klarna AB, and 24/7 Customer. Previously, he was a member of the board of directors at various public companies, including Google, PayPal, Red Envelope, Saba Software, Flextronics, Yahoo!, and Zappos. Sir Michael holds an M.A. in Modern History from the University of Oxford.
Mr James L. Gallogly Mr James L. Gallogly is an independent director at E I du Pont de Nemours and Co since Feb 5, 2015. Mr Gallogly was named chief executive officer in May 2009. He was executive vice president of exploration and production for ConocoPhillips from October 2008 to May 2009 and served as its executive vice president of refining, Marketing and transportation from April 2006 to October 2008. Mr Gallogly was President and Chief Executive Officer of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC from July 2000 to March 2006 and served as a member of its board of directors.
Mr Bruce A. Smith Mr Bruce A. Smith is a director at LyondellBasell Industries since July 2010. Since January 2012, Mr Smith has also served as a director of Ventech Engineers, Inc., a fully integrated engineering and procurement services company for the petroleum industry. Since December 2011, he has also served as a director and Chief Executive Officer of One Cypress Energy, a private crude logistics and marketing company. Since July 2010, he has also served as a member of the supervisory board of LyondellBasell Industries N.V., a publicly traded independent chemical company. Mr Smith served as Chairman of Tesoro Corp. from 1996 until June 2010, and from 1995 until May 2010 he served as Tesoro’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Between 1992 and 1995, Mr Smith held positions as Tesoro’s Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President, Exploration and Production, and Chief Financial Officer. Under Mr Smith’s leadership, Tesoro went from a small integrated oil company to a Fortune 100 refining and marketing company with a global supply chain and 650,000 barrels per day of production in the western US. From March 2002 to February 2008, Mr Smith also served as a director of Noble Energy Corp., a publicly traded oil exploration and production company, where he served on the Audit, Compensation and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committees, including service as chair of the Audit Committee in 2005 and 2006 and chair of the Compensation Committee in 2003 and 2004. Mr Smith holds an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Kansas and a B.A. in biology from Westminster College.