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Executive Officers
In addition to Mr. Breen, Tyco’s Chief Executive Officer who also serves as Chairman of the
Board and whose biographical information is set forth above, the executive officers of Tyco are:
Madeleine Barber—Ms. Barber, age 48, has been our Senior Vice President and Chief Tax Officer
since October 2011. She is responsible for the company’s global tax function, which includes tax
planning, tax accounting & reporting and tax audits. Ms. Barber joined Tyco in December 2004 after
having spent 16 years in public accounting. She began her career at Arthur Andersen, where she was
promoted to partner in 2000. In May 2002, Ms. Barber joined KPMG LLP as a tax partner in the
firm’s international corporate tax practice. While at KPMG and Andersen, Ms. Barber worked
primarily with U.S. and foreign based Fortune 500 clients on complex multinational tax issues such as
international mergers and acquisitions, transfer pricing, cross-border financing structures and cross-
border dispute resolution.
Carol Anthony (‘‘John’’) Davidson—Mr. Davidson, age 56, has been our Senior Vice President,
Controller and Chief Accounting Officer since January 2004. Prior to joining Tyco, Mr. Davidson was
employed by Dell Inc., where he served as Vice President, Audit, Risk and Compliance. While at Dell
he also served in other senior capacities, including Chief Compliance Officer, Vice President and
Corporate Controller. He joined Dell in 1997 from Eastman Kodak Company, where he worked
16 years in a variety of financial, accounting and auditing positions of increasing responsibility.
Mr. Davidson serves as a director of DaVita, Inc.
Patrick Decker—Mr. Decker, age 47, has been President of Flow Control since May 2007 and was
previously Chief Financial Officer of Tyco Engineered Products and Services and Tyco Plastics and
Adhesives. Prior to joining Tyco in 2003, Mr. Decker spent 13 years serving in a series of key financial
roles at Bristol-Myers Squibb, both in the United States and internationally. Mr. Decker began his
career as an auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Naren K. Gursahaney—Mr. Gursahaney, age 50, has been President of ADT Worldwide (now Tyco
Security Solutions) since May 2007. Mr. Gursahaney joined Tyco in 2003 as Senior Vice President of
Operational Excellence and became the President of Tyco Flow Control in January 2005 and President
of the Tyco Engineered Products and Services segment in January 2006. Prior to joining Tyco,
Mr. Gursahaney was the President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Medical Systems-Asia. During
his ten year tenure at GE, Mr. Gursahaney held senior leadership positions in services, marketing and
information management within the Medical Systems and Power Systems divisions and also worked at
GE’s corporate headquarters as the staff executive for the vice chairman and manager of business
development. Prior to GE, Mr. Gursahaney spent four years with Booz Allen & Hamilton in Cleveland,
Ohio and worked as an engineer for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in Baltimore, Maryland and
Ashdod, Israel.
Arun Nayar—Mr. Nayar, age 61, is our Senior Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis,
Investor Relations and Treasurer. He joined Tyco as the Senior Vice President and Treasurer in March
2008 and was also the Chief Financial Officer of ADT Worldwide through October 2010. In October
2010, Mr. Nayar assumed expanded responsibilities as head of Tyco’s Financial Planning & Analysis
and Investor Relations groups. Prior to joining Tyco, Mr. Nayar spent six years at PepsiCo, Inc., most
recently as Chief Financial Officer of Operations, and before that as Vice President and Assistant
Treasurer of Capital Markets. Mr. Nayar serves as a director on the board of Atkore International, Inc.,
an equity investment of the Company.
George R. Oliver—Mr. Oliver, age 51, has been President of Tyco Fire Protection since September
2010. Prior to that he was President of Tyco Safety Products from 2006 to 2010, was named President
of the Tyco Electrical & Metal Products business in March 2007, and assumed the leadership of
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