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Corporation, a Japanese consumer electronics company. During his time with Sony, Mr. Okamoto served as the
Chief Technology Officer from April 2001 to August 2003, Senior Vice President of Research and Development
from April 1999 to September 2002, Vice President of Software Development from October 1998 to April 1999,
and Director of Development from December 1994 to October 1998. Mr. Okamoto holds Masters and Bachelors
degrees in Chemistry from the Waseda University in Tokyo.
The six non-executive Directors and two Director-elects have never had management responsibility at
Logitech or at any of its subsidiaries, and do not have any immediate family members who are employees at
Logitech. Other than the positions mentioned above, none of the Directors or Director-elects of the Company has
significant business connections with the issuer or one of the issuer’s subsidiaries.
3.2 Involvements Outside Logitech of the Members of the Board
Daniel Borel serves as a Director of Phonak Holding Ltd., a Swiss hearing aid device company. He also
serves as a Director of Julius Baer Holding Ltd. and Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd., the Swiss parent company and
the Swiss banking subsidiary of the Julius Baer banking group. Mr. Borel also serves on the board of Fondation
Defitech, a Swiss foundation which contributes to research and development projects aiming at assisting the
disabled. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of SwissUp, a Swiss educational foundation promoting higher
learning. On April 22, 2004, Mr. Borel was elected as a Director of Nestlé S.A., a leading worldwide consumer
products company.
Frank Gill currently serves on the Boards of Tektronix, Inc., a U.S. test and measurement company, ITXC
Corporation, a U.S. telecommunications company, and Pixelworks, Inc., a U.S. semiconductor company. Mr.
Gill also serves on the board of St. Vincent’s Hospital Foundation, a U.S. non-profit organization and serves on
the Boards of two privately held U.S. companies, Unicru, Inc. and Kryptic, Inc.
Kee-Lock Chua serves as a Director of Digiland International, Ltd., a Singapore based wholesale distributor
of information technology products to resellers in the Asia Pacific region. He also serves on the Board of
Teledata International, Ltd., a Singaporean communications network specialist and telecommunications systems
integrator. Mr. Chua also serves on the Board of IGine Technology Pte., Ltd., a privately held Singaporean
company and is a board member of Maris Stella High School, a leading high school in Singapore.
Ronald Croen currently serves on the Board of Nuance Communications Inc., a U.S. company active in
speech recognition technology.
Peter Pfluger currently serves on the Board of Amazys Holding A.G., a Swiss company, providing color
management solutions, including instrumentation, software and services. He is also active within the
Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI) of the Swiss Ministry of Public Economy, heading up its
Nano and Microtechnology division. Mr. Pfluger also serves on the Boards of two privately held European
companies, MICS Micro Chemical Systems and Tronics Microsytems.
Michael J. Moone currently serves on the Board of two privately held U.S. companies, Alloptic, Inc. and
Pico Communications.
Gary F. Bengier currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Santa Fe Institute, a U.S. private, non-
profit, multidisciplinary research and education center.
Monika Ribar currently serves as a Director of Julius Baer Holding Ltd. and Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd.,
the Swiss parent company and the Swiss banking subsidiary of the Julius Baer banking group.
Other than the current employment noted in section 3.1 and involvement noted above, no other Logitech
Board member or Director-elect currently has supervisory, management, or advisory functions outside Logitech.
None of the Company’s Directors or Director-elects holds any official functions or political posts.
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