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ActiVision | Blizzard™
Board of DirectorsPhilippe G. H. CapronDirector. Mr. Capron has served as a director of Activision Blizzard since July 2008, when the transaction with Vivendi Games was consummated. 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 (now part of Arcelor Mittal) 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, Canal+ France, Maroc Telecom and Group Virbac, and is a director of each of SFR, GVT Holdings and Tinubu Square. 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.Robert J. CortiDirector. Mr. Corti has been a director of Activision Blizzard since December 2003 and serves as chairperson of the 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. Most recently, Mr. Corti served 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 and on the board of directors of ING Direct, a U.S. subsidiary of ING Groep, since January 2008. Mr. Corti also serves as the chairman of the board of directors of the Avon Products Foundation. 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. CrépinDirector. Mr. Crépin has served as a director of Activision Blizzard since July 2008, when the transaction with Vivendi Games was consummated, and serves as chairperson of the 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'Etudes 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.Lucian GraingeDirector Mr. Grainge has been 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 the chief executive officer of Universal Music Group, 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. KellyCo-Chairman of Activision Blizzard. 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 as 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. KotickDirector; President and Chief Executive Officer of Activision Blizzard. 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. The company is based in Santa Monica, California and operates in sixteen countries with more than 7,000 employees worldwide. 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. Jean-Bernard LévyChairman of Activision Blizzard. Mr. Lévy has served as a director of Activision Blizzard since July 2008, when the transaction with Vivendi Games was consummated, and serves as Chairman of our Board and chairperson of the Compensation Committee. He has served as the chairman of the management board and the chief executive officer of Vivendi since April 2005 and was the chief operating officer of Vivendi from August 2002 until April 2005. Mr. Lévy currently serves as the vice-chairman of the supervisory board of Maroc Telecom and as the chairman of the supervisory board of each of Canal+ France and Viroxis. Mr. Lévy is also a member of the supervisory board of Canal+ Group and is a director of each of SFR, GVT Holdings, Société Générale, VINCI, French Europlace, Institut Telecom and l'Institut Pasteur. Mr. Lévy has degrees from the École Polytechnique and the École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications.Robert J. MorgadoDirector. Mr. Morgado has been a director of Activision Blizzard since February 1997. Mr. Morgado is chairman of Maroley Media Group, a media entertainment investment company he established in 1995. He previously served as the chairman and the chief executive officer of the Warner Music Group from 1985 to 1995. 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.Stéphane RousselDirector. Mr. Roussel has been a director of Activision Blizzard since June 2009. He has served as the senior executive vice president of human resources of Vivendi since May 2009. From July 2004 until March 2009, when he became an executive vice president of Vivendi, he served as the executive vice president of human resources of SFR. Prior to joining SFR, Mr. Roussel held various positions in the human resources departments of Xerox and the Carrefour Group. He has a degree from the École des Psychologues Practiciens.Richard SarnoffDirector. Mr. Sarnoff has been a director of Activision Blizzard since August 2005. He has served as a senior advisor to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts 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. Mr. Sarnoff currently serves on the board of directors of Amdocs, BMG Rights Management and Weld North. Mr. Sarnoff holds a B.A. degree in Art History from Princeton University and an M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School.Régis TurriniDirector. Director. Mr. Turrini has been 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 was the executive vice president of mergers and acquisitions of Vivendi from January 2003 until January 2008. Mr. Turrini has also served as the chairman and the chief executive officer of Vivendi Telecom International since January 2008 and as the chairman of Wengo since March 2009. In addition, Mr. Turrini currently serves as a member of the supervisory board of each of Maroc Telecom and Canal+ France and is a director of GVT Holdings. 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 the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris and the École Nationale d'Administration. |
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