Life after a campaign - joining the Hewlett
Packard Board drama
"Hewlett-Packard Co is shaking up a board criticized by many as
dysfunctional, bringing in five new directors including former
eBay
chief Meg Whitman, as new CEO
Leo Apotheker remakes the company
. HP's board
had for years come under fire from shareholders and business
leaders such as Oracle's
Larry Ellison, most recently after it
forced out
Mark Hurd as CEO in controversial fashion.
The new
directors will bring fresh thinking to the world's largest
technology company by revenue, including much-needed expertise in
areas such as telecommunications and international experience, the
company said.
In addition to Whitman, HP named as directors Shumeet Banerji,
CEO of
Booz & Co; Gary Reiner, former
chief information
officer of General Electric Co;
Patricia Russo, former CEO of
Alcatel-Lucent; and Dominique Senequier, CEO of
AXA Private
Equity. The technology giant said directors
Joel Hyatt, John
Joyce, Robert Ryan and Lucille Salhany will not stand for
reelection by shareholders."
More from Yahoo (Reuters) 1/21/11
Posted by Kathy Meeh
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