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ActiVision | Blizzard™
Board of DirectorsPhilippe G. H. CapronDirector. Mr. Capron became a director of Activision Blizzard in July 2008 in connection with the combination of Activision and Vivendi Games. He has served as Chief Financial Officer and as a Member of the Management Board of Vivendi since April 2007. He joined Vivendi as Executive Vice-President in January 2007. From 2006 until 2007, Mr. Capron served as Executive Vice President Finance and as a member of the Management Board of the Arcelor Group, a steel manufacturer (now part of Arcelor Mittal), and from 2002 until 2006 Mr. Capron was Executive Vice-President of Arcelor. Mr. Capron is a member of the Supervisory Boards of each of Canal+ Group, a film and television studio and distributor controlled by Vivendi, Canal+ France, a French premium pay television channel controlled by Vivendi, and Maroc Telecom, a Moroccan telecommunications provider and subsidiary of Vivendi. 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, Inc., a global manufacturer and marketer of beauty and related products. Mr. Corti joined Avon Products, Inc.'s tax department as a tax associate in 1976 and held positions of increasing responsibility in Avon Products, Inc.'s finance department throughout his tenure there, serving as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Avon Products, Inc. from 1998 until he retired from his positions as Chief Financial Officer in November 2005 and Executive Vice President in March 2006. Mr. Corti has served on the Board of Directors of Bacardi Limited, a wine and spirits group, since June 2006, and on the Board of Directors of ING Direct, a U.S. subsidiary of ING Group, a Dutch insurance conglomerate, since January 2008. Mr. Corti also serves as 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 became a director of Activision Blizzard in July 2008 in connection with the combination of Activision and Vivendi Games. He has served as Senior Vice-President, Head of 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 each of 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.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 G. KellyCo-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 Co-Chairman of Activision Blizzard 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 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.Jean-Bernard LévyDirector. Mr. Lévy became a director of Activision Blizzard in July 2008 in connection with the combination of Activision and Vivendi Games and serves as Chairperson of the Compensation Committee. He has served as the Chairman of the Management Board of Vivendi and Chief Executive Officer of Vivendi since April 2005 and was 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, a Moroccan telecommunications provider and subsidiary of Vivendi, and as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of each of Canal+ France, a French premium pay television channel controlled by Vivendi, and Viroxis, a French pharmaceutical and biotechnology company. Mr. Lévy is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Canal+ Group, a film and television studio and distributor controlled by Vivendi, and a director of each of SFR, a French mobile phone company controlled by Vivendi, NBC Universal, Inc., a media and entertainment company in which Vivendi has a minority investment, VINCI, a French integrated concessions and construction group, and l'Institut Pasteur, a private foundation dedicated to the prevention and treatment of diseases. Mr. Lévy previously served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of VU Net and VTI and as a director of each of UGC, Cegetel, Oddo Pinatton Group and HCA. 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 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Warner Music Group, Inc. from 1985 to 1995. Mr. Morgado serves on the boards of directors of the Maui Arts & Cultural Center and New Milford Hospital in Connecticut. He is also a member of the board of managers of Nest Top, LLC, the controlling shareholder of Nest Family and Nest Learning Systems, a children's entertainment company. Mr. Morgado holds a B.A. degree from Chaminade University of Honolulu and an M.P.A. degree from The State University of New York.Douglas P. MorrisDirector. Mr. Morris became a director of Activision Blizzard in July 2008 in connection with the combination of Activision and Vivendi Games. He has served on Vivendi's Management Board since April 2005. Mr. Morris is currently the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Universal Music Group, the largest music content company in the world (comprised of recorded music and music publishing businesses) and a subsidiary of Vivendi, a position he has held since November 1995. Mr. Morris also currently serves as a director for various subsidiaries of Universal Music Group and for CBS Corporation, as well as serving on the Board of Directors of the Robin Hood Foundation, a charitable organization which attempts to alleviate problems caused by poverty in New York City, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is also a Trustee of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a private, non-profit institution with research programs focusing on cancer, neurobiology, plant genetics, genomics and bioinformatics. Mr. Morris holds a B.A. degree from Columbia University.René P. PénissonDirector. Mr. Pénisson became a director and Chairman of Activision Blizzard in July 2008 in connection with the combination of Activision and Vivendi Games and serves as Chairperson of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He has served as a member of the Management Board of Vivendi since April 2005 and served as Chairman of Vivendi Games from January 2004 until July 2008, when the businesses of Activision Blizzard and Vivendi Games were combined. Mr. Pénisson has also served as Senior Executive Vice-President, Human Resources, of Vivendi since April 2004. Prior to holding 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, a French pharmaceutical company (now part of Sanofi Aventis), and as Chairman of the Board of each of Aventis Animal Nutrition and RP Industrialisation, a French chemical and pharmaceutical company (now part of Sanofi Aventis), both of which are subsidiaries of Aventis. Mr. Pénisson has an engineering degree from the École Supérieure de Chimie Industrielle de Lyon, a doctorate degree in chemical engineering from the Université de Lyon and a degree from the French Management Institute.Richard SarnoffDirector. Mr. Sarnoff has been a director of Activision Blizzard since August 2005, and is employed by Bertelsmann AG, a diversified media and services company, where he serves as Executive Vice President of Random House, Inc. and as President of Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (formerly Random House Ventures). Mr. Sarnoff has also served as a member of the Supervisory Board of Bertelsmann AG since 2002. Previously, Mr. Sarnoff served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Random House, Inc. Mr. Sarnoff also currently serves on the Board of Directors of The Princeton Review, Inc. and is currently Chairman of the Board of the American Association of Publishers. Mr. Sarnoff holds a B.A. degree from Princeton University and an M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School. |
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