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company based in Israel. From April 2000 to April 2002, Mr. Pfluger served as Chief Executive Officer and
Head of the Group Executive Management of the Swiss Phonak Group, a Swiss hearing aid device company. He
also has served as Chief Operating Officer of Phonak, since 1997. Before joining Phonak, Mr. Pfluger was
Managing Director of Centre Suisse d’Electronique et de Microtechnique, a Swiss privately held research and
development company. Before joining Centre Suisse, he was involved in various research activities, most notably
with IBM Research Laboratory in San Jose, California. Mr. Pfluger has a Masters degree from the Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology and a PhD in Natural Science from Basle University.
Michael J. Moone, U.S. national, has been a non-executive Director of the Company since June 2002. Since
March 2002, Mr. Moone has served as the President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of
Directors of Alloptic, Inc., a U.S. optical broadband technology provider. In addition, since February 2002,
Mr. Moone has served as Vice Chairman of Pico Communications, a U.S. manufacturer of Bluetooth access
points. From January 2001 until January 2002, Mr. Moone served as Chief Operating Officer of Harmonic, Inc.,
a U.S. fiber optics company. From January 2000 to January 2001, Mr. Moone was Group Vice President and
General Manager of the Consumer Line of Business at Cisco Systems, Inc., a U.S. Internet infrastructure
company. From March 1999, Mr. Moone served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the
Board of Directors of V-Bits Inc., a U.S. networking and communications company, until its acquisition by Cisco
Systems in December 1999. From June 1996 until October 1998, Mr. Moone served as President, Chief
Executive Officer and member of the Board of Director of Faroudja Laboratories, Inc., a U.S. video processing
technology company. Prior to this time, Mr. Moone held various executive management positions at HealthRider,
a U.S. fitness equipment company, Mercantec, a U.S. provider of products and services enabling Internet
commerce, Atari, a U.S. based developer of interactive gaming, and Milton Bradley, a division of U.S. toy
manufacturer, Hasbro. Mr. Moone holds a BA degree from Xavier University.
Gary F. Bengier, U.S. national, has been a non-executive Director of the Company since June 2002. In
addition to serving on Logitech’s board, Mr. Bengier also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Santa Fe
Institute, a U.S. private, non-profit, multidisciplinary research and education center. Previously, Mr. Bengier
served as Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning and Development of eBay Inc., a U.S. based on-line
marketplace, from January 2001 until November 2001, and prior to that, as eBay’s Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer from November 1997 to January 2001. From February 1997 to October 1997, Mr. Bengier was
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Vxtreme, Inc., a U.S. developer of Internet video streaming
products. Prior to that time, Mr. Bengier was Corporate Controller at Compass Design Automation, a U.S.
publisher of electronic circuit design software, from February 1993 to February 1997. Mr. Bengier has also held
senior financial positions at Kenetech Corp., a U.S. energy services company, Qume Corp., a U.S. computer
peripheral company, and Bio-Rad Laboratories, a U.S. life sciences company. He also spent several years as a
management consultant for Touche Ross & Co, a U.S. consulting firm. Mr. Bengier holds a BBA degree in
Computer Science and Operations Research from Kent State University and an MBA from Harvard Business
School.
Monika Ribar, Swiss national, is a Director-elect and is being presented to the shareholders for election to
the Board at the Company’s Annual General Meeting on June 24, 2004. Since February 2000, Ms. Ribar has
served as the Chief Information Officer and a member of the executive board of Panalpina Management Ltd., a
Swiss freight forwarding and logistics services provider. From June 1995 to February 2000, she served as
Panalpina’s Corporate Controller, and from 1991 to 1995 served in project management positions at Panalpina.
Prior to joining Panalpina, she worked at Fides Group (today KPMG Switzerland), a professional service firm,
serving as Head of Strategic Planning and was employed by the BASF Group, a German chemical products
company. Ms. Ribar holds a Masters degree in Economics and Business Administration (lic. oec. HSG) from the
University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Shin’ichi Okamoto, Japanese national, is a Director-elect and is being presented to the shareholders for
election to the Board at the Company’s Annual General Meeting on June 24, 2004. Since September 2003,
Mr. Okamoto has served as a research and development consultant. Prior to that, he served in executive and
management positions with Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc., the interactive gaming division of Sony
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