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ActiVision | Blizzard™
Senior Corporate ManagementRené PénissonChairman of Activision Blizzard. Mr. Pénisson has served as a Member of Vivendi's Management Board since April 2005 and as Chairman of Vivendi Games since January 2004. Mr. Pénisson has also served as Senior Executive Vice-President, Human Resources, of Vivendi since April 2004. Prior to these positions, Mr. Pénisson served as adviser to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Social Relations and Organization of Vivendi beginning in September 2002. Mr. Pénisson previously served as a member of the Executive Committee of Aventis and as Chairman of the Boards of Aventis Animal Nutrition and RP Industrialisation. Mr. Pénisson graduated from the École Supérieure de Chimie in Lyon with an engineering degree. He holds a doctorate in engineering from the Université de Lyon and a degree from the French Management Institute.Robert A. KotickDirector; President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Kotick has been a director and Principal Executive Officer of Activision Blizzard since February 1991 and was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Activision Blizzard from February 1991 until July 2008, when he became President and Chief Executive Officer of Activision Blizzard in connection with the combination of Activision and Vivendi Games. Mr. Kotick is also a member of the Board of Trustees for The Center for Early Education, is Chairman of the Committee of Trustees at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Tony Hawk Foundation.Michael J. GriffithPresident and Chief Executive Officer of Activision Publishing. Mr. Griffith has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Activision Publishing, a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard and Activision's primary operating unit until the consummation of the combination of Activision and Vivendi Games, and Principal Executive Officer of Activision Blizzard since June 2005. Prior to joining Activision Blizzard, Mr. Griffith served in a number of executive level positions at The Procter & Gamble Company, a manufacturer of consumer goods products, from 1981 to 2005, including President of The Procter & Gamble Company's Global Beverage Division from 2002 to 2005, Vice President and General Manager, Coffee Products from 1999 to 2002 and Vice President and General Manager of Fabric & Home Care-Japan and Korea and Fabric & Home Care Strategic Planning-Asia for The Procter & Gamble Company from 1997 to 1999. Mr. Griffith holds a B.A. degree from Albion College and an M.B.A. degree from the University of Michigan.Jean-François GrollemundChief Merger Officer. Mr. Grollemund became the Chief Merger Officer of Activision Blizzard in July 2008 in connection with the combination of Activision and Vivendi Games. Mr. Grollemund was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and a member of the Board of Directors, of Vivendi Games from January 2004 until the transaction was consummated. Prior to that, Mr. Grollemund was Chief Operating Officer of VU Net (Europe & USA), an internet and technology company and subsidiary of Vivendi, and served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer in a variety of positions in Vivendi Universal's publishing division in France and Latin America. Mr. Grollemund holds a degree from the Institut d'Études Politiques de Parisand a DESS in Law and Economic Science from the University Panthéon Sorbonne.Bruce L. HackVice-Chairman and Chief Corporate Officer. Mr. Hack became a director and Vice-Chairman and Chief Corporate Officer of Activision Blizzard in July 2008 in connection with the combination of Activision and Vivendi Games and was Chief Executive Officer and served on the Board of Directors of Vivendi Games from January 2004 until the transaction was consummated. Mr. Hack was previously Executive Vice President-Strategy and Development for Vivendi. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Hack was Vice Chairman of Universal Music Group (then a subsidiary of Seagram Company Ltd.), and from 1995 to 1998, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Universal Studios. From 1982 through 1994 Mr. Hack held various positions of responsibility with what was then the Seagram Company Ltd., including Chief Financial Officer of Tropicana Products, Inc. Mr. Hack joined Seagram Company Ltd. after serving as a trade negotiator at the U.S. Treasury in Washington, D.C. Mr. Hack has also served on the Board of Directors of iSuppli Corporation, an electronics research firm, since September 2007, and as a member of its Board's Compensation Committee since October 2007. Mr. Hack holds a B.A. degree from Cornell University and an M.B.A. degree from the University of Chicago.Brian HodousChief Customer Officer. Mr. Hodous became Chief Customer Officer of Activision Blizzard in July 2008 in connection with the combination of Activision and Vivendi Games and was Chief Customer Officer of Activision Publishing from November 2006 until the transaction was consummated. Prior to joining Activision Blizzard, Mr. Hodous was employed by Cadbury Schweppes plc, an international confectionery and beverage company, where he held the position of Group Director and Executive Vice President of Global Sales from 1999 to 2006. Prior to working at Cadbury Schweppes, Mr. Hodous served in various sales and senior management positions of increasing responsibility with Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Pillsbury, Drackett Products and GlaxoSmithKline plc. Mr. Hodous holds a B.A. degree in Marketing and Management from Marquette University.Robin KaminskyExecutive Vice President, Publishing of Activision Publishing. Ms. Kaminsky has been Executive Vice President, Publishing of Activision Publishing since June 2006. Prior to that, she served as the Head of Global Brand Management of Activision Publishing from May 2005 until June 2006. Ms. Kaminsky served in various marketing executive roles within PepsiCo, a snack and beverage company, from December 1997 to April 2005, including Vice President, National Promotions and Customer Marketing from April 2003 to April 2005, Director, Non Carbonated Beverages and Vice President of the water portfolio from 1999 to 2003 and Director, Mountain Dew from 1997 to 1999. Ms. Kaminsky has also held management and marketing executive positions of increasing responsibility at the Coca Cola Company, Revlon, Johnson & Johnson and D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, an advertising agency. Ms. Kaminsky holds a B.A. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Brian G. KellyCo-Chairman of Activision Blizzard. Mr. Kelly has held various positions of responsibility with Activision since 1991, including serving as a director of Activision since July 1995 and as Co-Chairman of Activision 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.Michael MorhaimePresident and Chief Executive Officer of Blizzard Entertainment. Mr. Morhaime became an executive officer of Activision Blizzard in July 2008 in connection with the combination of Activision and Vivendi Games. Mr. Morhaime co-founded Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., now an indirect subsidiary and, along with Activision Publishing, one of the two principal operating units of Activision Blizzard, in February 1991 and transitioned to the role of President from Vice President in April 1998. Mr. Morhaime served on the Executive Committee of Vivendi Games from January 1999, when Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. became a subsidiary of Vivendi Games, until July 2008, when the businesses of Activision and Vivendi Games were combined. Mr. Morhaime holds a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of California at Los Angeles.George L. RoseChief Legal Officer. Mr. Rose became Chief Legal Officer of Activision Blizzard in July 2008 in connection with the combination of Activision and Vivendi Games and was Chief Legal Officer of Activision Publishing from September 2007 until the transaction was consummated. Mr. Rose joined Activision Blizzard in July 1995 and held various positions of increasing responsibility within the Business and Legal Affairs Department since that time, including serving as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Activision Blizzard from April 2000 until September 2007. Prior to joining Activision Blizzard, Mr. Rose was in private practice in Los Angeles from 1986 to 1995. Mr. Rose holds a B.B.A. degree from the University of Michigan and a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School.Thomas TipplChief Financial Officer. Mr. Tippl became Chief Financial Officer of Activision Blizzard in July 2008 in connection with the combination of Activision and Vivendi Games. He was Chief Financial Officer of Activision Publishing from October 2005 until July 2008 and has been the Principal Financial and Accounting Officer of Activision Blizzard since January 2006. Prior to joining Activision Blizzard, Mr. Tippl served as Head of Investor Relations and Shareholder Services at The Procter & Gamble Company from 2004 to 2005. Mr. Tippl also served as Finance Director of The Procter & Gamble Company, Baby Care, Europe and as a member of the Board of Directors of The Procter & Gamble Company's Fater Italy Joint Venture from 2001 to 2003. Mr. Tippl co-founded The Procter & Gamble Company's Equity Venture Fund in 1999 and also served as Associate Director of Acquisitions and Divestitures for The Procter & Gamble Company from 1999 to 2001. Prior to 1999, Mr. Tippl served in various financial executive positions for The Procter & Gamble Company in Europe, China and Japan. Mr. Tippl holds a Masters degree in Economics & Social Sciences from the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.Ann WeiserChief Human Resources Officer. Ms. Weiser became Chief Human Resources Officer of Activision Blizzard in July 2008 in connection with the combination of Activision and Vivendi Games and was Chief Human Resources Officer of Activision Publishing from September 2007 until the transaction was consummated. Prior to joining Activision Blizzard, Ms. Weiser served in a number of executive level human resources positions at Royal Ahold, an international retail operator, from 2001 to 2007, most recently as Chief Human Resource Officer of Royal Ahold's U.S. Foodservice division. Prior to that, Ms. Weiser held a series of increasingly responsible human resources leadership positions at such companies as U.S. Office Products, Mainer Post-Acute Network and Kraft, Inc. Ms. Weiser holds a B.A. in sociology from California State University in Long Beach, CA. |
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