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Bracken P. Darrell ................
49 Years Old
President
U.S. National
Bracken P. Darrell joined Logitech as President in April 2012. 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 P&G (The Procter & Gamble
Company), 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 degree from Harvard University.
Erik K. Bardman .................
45 Years Old
Senior Vice President, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer
U.S. national
Erik K. Bardman joined Logitech as Senior Vice President, Finance
and Chief Financial Officer in October 2009. Prior to joining Logitech,
Mr. Bardman served as a financial consultant to Zillion TV, an
interactive television service company. Previously, he had been with
eBay from 2003 to 2008, most recently as the chief financial officer
for eBay Marketplaces, the company’s largest portfolio of businesses.
At eBay, Mr. Bardman led a large global team focused on financial
strategy, acquisitions, resource allocation and performance analysis.
Prior to joining eBay, Mr. Bardman was with General Electric
Company for 15 years in a variety of roles, developing broad expertise
in consumer financial services, international finance and mergers and
acquisitions. Mr. Bardman earned a BA degree from Dickinson College
in Pennsylvania, with a major in history and a minor in economics. He
is a graduate of GE’s Financial Management Program.
Werner Heid .....................
53 Years Old
Senior Vice President,
Worldwide Sales & Marketing
German national
Werner Heid joined Logitech as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales
& Marketing, in February 2009. Prior to joining Logitech, Mr. Heid
was a consultative CEO to private equity firms from 2006 to 2009.
Previously, he served as the president and chief executive officer of
Iomega Corporation, the provider of consumer and small-business
data-storage solutions, from 2001 to 2006. Before joining Iomega,
Mr. Heid was the executive vice president of global sales, marketing
and service for InFocus Corporation, a leading supplier of multimedia
projection systems for consumers and business, from 2000 to 2001. He
joined InFocus when it acquired Proxima Corporation, where Mr. Heid
served as president from 1998 to 2000. Prior to taking on his leadership
role at Proxima, Mr. Heid was with Hewlett-Packard Corporation for 14
years, in both Europe and the United States. At Hewlett-Packard, he led
the business definition and the successful global market launch of the
company’s All-In-One and color copier product businesses. Mr. Heid
holds a masters degree in electrical engineering from University
Karlsruhe in Germany.
Mr. Heid resigned from Logitech, effective as of May 2012 (after the
end of fiscal year 2012).
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