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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. He also serves as Chair of
the Bengier Foundation, a private charitable foundation. 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, has been a non-executive Director of the Company since June 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 from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Shin’ichi Okamoto, Japanese national, has been a non-executive Director of the Company since June 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 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 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 on the Boards of Nestlé S.A., the Swiss food and beverage company, Phonak Holding
Ltd., a Swiss hearing aid device company, and 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 aimed at assisting the disabled. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of
SwissUp, a Swiss educational foundation promoting higher learning.
Frank Gill currently serves on the Boards of Tektronix, Inc., a U.S. test and measurement 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.
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