Board of Directors
Philippe G. H. Capron
Chairman. Mr.Capron has served as a director of Activision Blizzard since July 2008, when the transaction with Vivendi Games was consummated and has served as chairman of our Board and the chairperson of our Compensation Committee since July 2012. He has served as the chief financial officer and as a member of the management board of Vivendi since April 2007. He joined Vivendi as an executive vice president in January 2007. From 2006 until 2007, Mr.Capron served as the executive vice president of finance and as a member of the management board of the Arcelor Group, and, from 2002 until 2006, Mr. Capron was an executive vice president of Arcelor. Mr. Capron is a member of the supervisory boards of each of Canal+ Group, a company controlled by Vivendi, Canal+ France, a company controlled by Vivendi, Maroc Telecom, a subsidiary of Vivendi, and Group Virbac, and is a director of each of SFR, a company controlled by Vivendi, and GVT Holdings, a company controlled by Vivendi. In addition, he served on the board of directors of NBC Universal, a company in which Vivendi then had a minority investment, from 2008 until January 2011 and of Tinubu Square from June 2001 until November 2011. Mr. Capron is a graduate of the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris and the École Nationale d’Administration.
Jean-Yves Charlier
Director. Mr. Charlier has served as a director of Activision Blizzard since October 2012. He has served as Vivendi’s senior executive vice president in charge of telecom activities since August 2012. He was a member of Vivendi’s supervisory board from April 2008 until September 2012 and chairman of its strategic committee from April 2012 until September 2012. He served as the CEO of Promethean from 2007 until July 2012. Previously, he was employed by the Fidelity International Group as the chairman and chief executive officer of Colt Telecom Group from 2004 until 2007. Prior to that, he was employed by the BT Group from 2002 until 2004, by the Equant Group from 1996 until 2002, and by Wang International from 1987 until 1995. Mr. Charlier holds an M.B.A. in strategy and marketing from Wharton Business School.
Robert J. Corti
Director.Mr. Corti has served as a director of Activision Blizzard since December 2003 and serves as the chairperson of our Audit Committee. Mr. Corti has more than 25 years of experience at Avon Products. Mr. Corti joined Avon Products’ tax department as a tax associate in 1976 and held positions of increasing responsibility in the company’s finance department throughout his tenure there, including serving as an executive vice president and the chief financial officer of Avon Products from 1998 until he retired from the chief financial officer role in November 2005 and as an executive vice president in March 2006. Mr. Corti has served on the board of directors of Bacardi Limited since June 2006. Mr. Corti also serves as the chairman of the board of directors of the Avon Products Foundation and has been a senior vice president of Teach for America since July 2011. In addition, he was a director of ING Direct, then a U.S. subsidiary of the Dutch insurance conglomerate, the ING Groep, from January 2008 until January 2012. Mr. Corti holds a B.A. degree in Accounting from Queens College and an M.B.A. degree in Taxation from St.John’s University. Mr. Corti is also a certified public accountant.
Frédéric R. Crépin
Director. Mr. Crépin has served as a director of Activision Blizzard since July 2008 when the transaction with Vivendi Games was consummated and serves as the chairperson of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He has served as a senior vice president and as the head of the legal department of Vivendi since August 2005. Mr. Crépin joined Vivendi’s office of the general counsel and legal department in July 2000. Prior to joining Vivendi, Mr. Crépin served as an associate at several law firms in both Paris and New York and is a member of both the Paris and the New York bars. He is a graduate of the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris, holds an L.L.M. degree from New York University School of Law, a Masters Degree in European business law from the Université Paris II Panthéon Assas and a Masters Degree in employment and labor law from the Université Paris X Nanterre.
JEAN-FRANÇOIS DUBOS
Director. Mr. Dubos has served as a director of Activision Blizzard since October 2012. He has served as the chairman of Vivendi’s management board since June 2012. He joined Vivendi’s predecessor, Compagnie Générale des Eaux, in 1991, and served as general counsel from 1994 until his appointment as chairman. From 1984 to 1991, Mr. Dubos was a member of the French Administrative Supreme Court, and from 1981 to 1984, he was the co-head of the cabinet of the French Ministry of Defense. Mr. Dubos currently serves on the board of directors of Société des Eaux de Melun and CMESE, each a subsidiary of Veolia Environnement (formerly known as Vivendi Environnement). Mr. Dubos is also the chairman of the supervisory boards of both Canal+ Group, a company controlled by Vivendi and Canal+ France, a company controlled by Vivendi, and is a director of SFR, a company controlled by Vivendi. Mr. Dubos has a degree in English and Spanish and holds a graduate degree in public international law and political science from the University of Paris.
Lucian Grainge
Director. Mr. Grainge has served as a director of Activision Blizzard since March 2011. He has served on Vivendi’s management board since April 2010. Mr. Grainge is currently the chairman and chief executive officer of Universal Music Group, a subsidiary of Vivendi, positions he has held since March 2011 and January 2011, respectively. Prior to that, Mr. Grainge held positions of increasing responsibility within the Universal Music Group organization, including serving as the chairman and chief executive officer of Universal Music UK from 2001 until 2005 and as the chairman and chief executive officer of Universal Music Group International from 2005 until February 2010.
Brian G. Kelly
Co-Chairman. Mr. Kelly has held various positions of responsibility with Activision Blizzard since 1991, including serving as a director of Activision Blizzard since July 1995 and the co-chairman of our Board since October 1998. Mr. Kelly holds a B.A. degree in Accounting from Rutgers University and a J.D. degree from Fordham University School of Law.
Robert A. Kotick
Director; President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Kotick has been a Director and Chief Executive Officer of Activision, Inc. since February 1991 until July 2008, when he became Chief Executive Officer of Activision Blizzard in connection with the combination of Activision and Vivendi Games.
By merging Activision, Inc.'s top selling portfolio of console and handheld games with Blizzard Entertainment's leading PC and online subscription franchises, Activision Blizzard is the largest, most profitable pure-play interactive entertainment software publisher in the world with leading market positions across every major category of the rapidly growing interactive entertainment software industry.
In addition to his responsibilities as Chief Executive Officer of Activision Blizzard, Mr. Kotick is also a member of the Board of Directors for The Coca-Cola Company, a member of the Board of Trustees for The Center for Early Education, he is Chairman of the Committee of Trustees at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art where he serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and he is a member of the Board of Directors for the Tony Hawk Foundation.Robert J. Morgado
Director. Mr. Morgado has served as a director of Activision Blizzard since February 1997. Mr. Morgado is chairman of Maroley Media Group. He previously served as the chairman and the chief executive officer of Warner Music Group. Mr. Morgado serves on the board of directors of the Maui Arts & Cultural Center and the New Milford Hospital in Connecticut. He is also a member of the board of managers of Nest Top, the controlling shareholder of Nest Family and Nest Learning Systems, and Kaanapali Kai. Mr. Morgado holds a B.A. degree in History and Philosophy from Chaminade University of Honolulu and an M.P.A. degree from The State University of New York.
Richard Sarnoff
Director. Mr. Sarnoff has served as a director of Activision Blizzard since August 2005. He has served as a senior advisor to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. since January 2011. Previously, he was employed by Bertelsmann AG, where he served as the co-chairman of Bertelsmann, Inc. and the president of Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments from 2008 until January 2011. Prior to those roles, Mr. Sarnoff served as an executive vice president and the chief financial officer of Random House, Inc. Mr. Sarnoff also served as a member of the supervisory board of Bertelsmann AG from 2002 to 2008 and was a director of the Princeton Review from 2000 to 2009, a director of Audible, Inc. from 2001 to 2008, and a director of Amdocs, Inc. from 2009 to 2011. During the period from 2005 to 2009, he was also the vice-chairman and, then, the chairman of the board of the American Association of Publishers. Mr. Sarnoff currently serves on the board of directors of Ipreo Holdings, LLC, BMG Rights Management, LLC, and Weld North, LLC. Mr. Sarnoff holds a B.A. degree in Art History from Princeton University and an M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School.
Régis Turrini
Director. Mr. Turrini has served as a director of Activision Blizzard since June 2009. He has served as the senior executive vice president of strategy and development of Vivendi since January 2008 and as the chairman of Wengo, a subsidiary of Vivendi, since March 2009. He also served as the executive vice president of mergers and acquisitions of Vivendi from January 2003 until January 2008, and as the chairman and the chief executive officer of Vivendi Telecom International, a subsidiary of Vivendi, from January 2008 until December 2012. In addition, Mr. Turrini currently serves as a member of the supervisory board of each of Maroc Telecom and Canal+ France, a company controlled by Vivendi, and is a director of GVT Holdings, a company controlled by Vivendi. Prior to joining Vivendi, Mr. Turrini served as a judge in the French administrative judicial system, was an associate at two law firms in Paris and was a managing partner of the investment bank Arjil & Company. He is a member of the Paris bar. He has degrees from theInstitut d’Études Politiques de Paris and the École Nationale d’Administration.