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The Company also made the following executive officer appointments during fiscal 2015: Marty Beard as Chief Operating
Officer, Sandeep Chennakeshu as President, BlackBerry Technology Solutions, Nita White-Ivy as Executive Vice President,
Human Resources, and Billy Ho as Executive Vice President, Enterprise Products and Value Added Solutions.
The following table sets forth the name, province or state, and country of residence of each director and executive officer of the
Company and their respective positions and offices held with the Company and their principal occupations during the last five
years as of February 28, 2015. Each director is elected at the annual meeting of shareholders to serve until the next annual
meeting or until a successor is elected or appointed.
Name and Residence Current Position with
Company Principal Occupation During the Last Five Years (other than Current
Position with Company)
John S. Chen
California, USA Chief Executive
Officer; Executive
Chair/Director (since
November 2013)
Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman, Sybase Inc.
(1998 to 2012)
Michael Daniels(1)
Virginia, USA Director (since
October 2014) Corporate Director (currently and since prior to 2010)
Timothy Dattels(2)
California, USA Director (since 2012) Senior Partner, TPG Capital LP (currently and since prior to
2010)
Claudia Kotchka, CPA (2)
Ohio, USA Director (since 2011) Corporate Director (currently and since 2011); Independent
Consultant (currently and since 2009)
Richard Lynch (1)
Pennsylvania, USA Director (since 2013) President, FB Associates, LLC (currently); Executive Vice
President, Strategic Technology Initiatives (2010 to 2011)
and Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
(2007 to 2010), Verizon Communications Inc.
Barbara Stymiest, FCPA, FCA (1)(2)
Ontario, Canada Director (since 2007) Corporate Director (currently); member of the Group
Executive, Royal Bank of Canada (2004 to 2011)
Prem Watsa (1)
Ontario, Canada Lead Director (since
November 2013)(3) Chief Executive Officer, Fairfax (currently and since 1985)
Marty Beard
California, USA Chief Operating
Officer Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LiveOps Inc. (July
2011 to June 2014); President, Sybase 365 (November 2006
to June 2011)
Sandeep Chennakeshu
Texas, USA President, BlackBerry
Technology Solutions President, PMP LLC (2012 to December 2014); Owner, RSI
Consulting LLC (2013 to August 2014); Senior Advisor to
CEO of Sony Corporation of America (May 2010 to July
2012)
Dan Dodge
Ontario, Canada President, CEO and
CTO, QNX (since
prior to 2010)
Sai Yuen (Billy) Ho
California, USA Executive Vice
President, Enterprise
Products and Value
Added Solutions
Retired (2013); Senior Vice President & General Manager,
Sybase Inc. (2009 to 2012)
Eric Johnson
New York, USA Executive Vice
President, Enterprise
Sales
SVP and GM, Global Database and Technology, SAP (2013);
SVP and GM, Platform & Analytics Sales North America,
SAP (2012 to 2013); SVP and GM North America, Sybase
Inc. (2004 to 2012)