Logitech 2003 Annual Report Download - page 180

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Board Compensation Committee
A committee of the Board exists to determine the compensation of the members of the Board. This committee
consists of Daniel Borel, the Chairman of the Board, and Guerrino De Luca, the Company’s President and Chief
Executive Officer.
Nominating Committee
This newly created committee will be composed of at least three members with the Chairman of the Board
chairing this committee. Among its duties, the Nominating Committee will:
• evaluate the composition of the Board and its committees, determine future requirements and make
recommendations to the Board for approval;
• determine on an annual basis the desired Board qualifications and expertise and conduct searches for
potential Board members with these attributes;
• evaluate and make recommendations of nominees for election to the Board; and
• evaluate and make recommendations to the Board concerning the appointment of directors to Board
committees and the selection of Board committee chairs.
Members of the Board
Daniel Borel, a founder of the Company, has been the Chairman of the Board since May 1988. From July 1992
to February 1998, Mr. Borel also served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. He has held various other
executive positions with the Company and its predecessors since their founding. Mr. Borel has been an employee of
the Company since it’s founding. Mr. Borel also serves as a director of Phonak Hearing Systems, S.A., a hearing aid
device company and Bank Julius Baer, a Swiss bank. Mr. Borel holds an M.S. degree in Computer Science from
Stanford University and a degree in Physics from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Guerrino De Luca joined the Company as President and Chief Executive Officer in February 1998, and became a
member of the Board of Directors in June 1998. Prior to that time, Mr. De Luca served as Executive Vice President of
Worldwide Marketing for Apple Computer, Inc., a personal computer company, from February 1997 to September
1997, and as President of Claris Corporation, a personal computing software vendor, from February 1995 to February
1997. Prior to this, Mr. De Luca held various positions with Apple in the United States and Europe. Mr. De Luca
holds a B.S. degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Rome, Italy.
Frank Gill has been a director since June 1999. Mr. Gill served in a variety of positions in sales and marketing,
product development and manufacturing operations at Intel Corporation from 1975 until his retirement in June 1998,
including Executive Vice President in 1996, General Manager of the Internet and Communications Group from 1995
and from 1990 through 1994, General Manager of Intel’s Systems Group. He currently serves on the Boards of
Tektronix Inc, ITXC Corporation and Pixelworks Inc. Mr. Gill holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the
University of California, Davis.
Kee-Lock Chua has been a director since June 2000. Mr. Chua joined NatSteel Ltd. as Deputy President in June
2001. From October 2000 until June 2001, Mr. Chua was the president and C.E.O. of Intraco. Prior to joining Intraco,
Mr. Chua was the president of MediaRing.com. Mr. Chua was appointed as a Director of MediaRing.com in October
1997. Prior to joining MediaRing.com, Mr. Chua was employed by NatSteel Ltd., most recently as Executive Vice
President, responsible for the commercial group, production planning, strategic planning and several overseas
operations. Prior to joining NatSteel Ltd., Mr. Chua worked for Transpac Capital, where he served as Vice President,
in charge of direct investments into companies in the United States. Mr. Chua holds a BS degree in Mechanical
Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, and a M.S. degree from Stanford University.
Ronald Croen has been a director since June 2001. Mr. Croen, a co-founder of Nuance Communications Inc.,
served as the President of Nuance from July 1994 to April 2003, as its Chief Executive Officer from October 1995 to
April 2003, as one of its directors since October 1995, and as Chairman of the Board since July 2002. From 1993 to
1994, Mr. Croen served as a consultant to SRI International. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Croen was an independent
management consultant in Paris, France. Prior to this, Mr. Croen served in various positions at The Ultimate Corp.,
including Managing Director of European Operations and Vice President and General Counsel. Mr. Croen holds a
J.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and a B.A. from Tufts University.
Peter Pfluger has been a director since June 2001. Since autumn of 2002, Mr. Pfluger is serving as the Chief
Executive Officer of two late stage electronic device startup companies. From April 2000 to April 2002, Mr. Pfluger
served as Chief Executive Officer and Head of the Group Executive Management of the Phonak Group. He also
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, Neuchatel. Before joining the Centre Suisse, he was
involved in various research activities, most notably IBM Research Laboratory in San Jose, California. Mr. Pfluger
has a Master degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Natural Science from Basle