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4. Senior Management
4.1 Members of Senior Management
The members of our senior management, referred to by Logitech as our “executive officers,” are set out below.
Guerrino De Luca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
62 Years Old
Director since 1998
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Italian and U.S. national
Guerrino De Luca has served as Chairman of the Logitech Board of
Directors since January 2008. Mr. De Luca served as Logitech’s Chief
Executive Officer from April 2012 to January 2013 and as acting
President and Chief Executive Officer from July 2011 to April 2012.
Previously, Mr. De Luca served as Logitech’s President and Chief
Executive Officer from February 1998, when he joined the Company,
to January 2008. Prior to joining Logitech, Mr. De Luca served as
Executive Vice President of Worldwide Marketing for Apple Computer,
Inc., a consumer electronics and computer company, from February 1997
to September 1997, and as President of Claris Corporation, a U.S.
personal computing software vendor, from May 1994 to February 1997.
Prior to joining Claris, Mr. De Luca held various positions with Apple
in the United States and in Europe. Mr. De Luca holds a Laurea degree
in Electronic Engineering from the University of Rome, Italy. As
Logitech’s Chairman and former Chief Executive Officer, Mr. De Luca
brings significant senior leadership, industry, strategy, marketing and
global experience to the Board and a deep knowledge of, passion for
and commitment to Logitech, its people and its products.
Mr. De Luca currently is Chairman of the Board.
Bracken P. Darrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
51 Years Old
President and Chief Executive Officer
U.S. National
Bracken P. Darrell joined Logitech as President in April 2012 and
became Chief Executive Officer in January 2013. Prior to joining
Logitech, Mr. Darrell served as President of Whirlpool EMEA
and Executive Vice President of Whirlpool Corporation, a home
appliance manufacturer and marketing company, from January 2009
to March 2012. Previously, Mr. Darrell had been Senior Vice President,
Operations of Whirlpool EMEA from May 2008 to January 2009.
From 2002 to May 2008, Mr. Darrell was with The Procter & Gamble
Company (“P&G”), a consumer brand company, most recently as the
President of its Braun GmbH subsidiary. Prior to rejoining P&G in
2002, Mr. Darrell served in various executive and managerial positions
with General Electric Company from 1997 to 2002, with P&G from
1991 to 1997, and with PepsiCo Inc. from 1987 to 1989. Mr. Darrell
currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Hendrix College.
Mr. Darrell holds a BA degree from Hendrix College and an MBA from
Harvard University.
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