AMD’s Board of Directors consists of nine Board members and three Committees that are responsible for review and oversight of company strategy and practices. The Committees were reorganized upon the appointment of Mr. Claflin as the Chairman of the Board. Generally, the Committee members and their chairs are appointed by the Board annually. In accordance with AMD’s Principles of Corporate Governance, a majority of members of the Board must meet the criteria for independence as required by applicable law and the New York Stock Exchange standards.
The following table provides membership on AMD's Board committees and links to Board member experience and Board committee charters:
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| | Audit and Finance Commitee | Compensation Committee | Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee | Dr. W. Michael Barnes *
 Dr. W. Michael Barnes
W. Michael Barnes served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Rockwell International Corporation from 1991 until his retirement in 2001. Dr. Barnes joined Collins Radio Company in 1968 as a member of the corporate operations research staff in Dallas. Collins was acquired by Rockwell in 1971, and Dr. Barnes held various management positions for the next several decades. He was named a Distinguished Alumnus by the Texas A&M University College of Engineering in 1992, is a member ... |
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| John E. Caldwell *
 John E. Caldwell
John E. Caldwell is President and Chief Executive Officer and member of the board of directors of SMTC Corporation, an electronics manufacturing services company, headquartered in Toronto. Before joining SMTC, Mr. Caldwell held positions in the Mosaic Group, a marketing services provider, and served as the Chair of the Restructuring Committee of the board from 2002 to 2003. He was the President and Chief Executive Officer of GEAC Computer Corporation Limited, a computer software company from 200... |
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| Bruce Claflin *  Bruce Claflin
Chairman of the Board
Bruce L. Claflin is Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Claflin was the president, chief executive officer, and a member of the board of directors of 3Com Corporation (3Com), a provider of voice and data networking products and services, from January 2001 until he retired in 2006. He joined 3Com as President and Chief Operating Officer in 1998. Prior to 3Com, he served as senior vice president and general manager, sales and marketing for Digital Equipment Corporation. Mr. Claflin ... |
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| Frank M. Clegg *  Frank M. Clegg
Frank Clegg is Corporate Chairman and Director of Navantis, Inc., a provider of IT software solutions and services. He sits on the board of Indigo Books and Music Inc. and is heavily involved in numerous charitable foundations throughout Canada, including the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB). Mr. Clegg has played a leadership role in Canada’s technology sector and in the broader Canadian community for many years. He was the President of Microsoft Canada from 1991 to 1996. In 1996... |
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| H. Paulett Eberhart *  H. Paulett Eberhart
H. Paulett Eberhart is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Invensys Process Systems (Invensys), a provider of products, service and solutions for the automation and optimization of plant operation in the process industries, since 2007. Before joining Invensys, Ms. Eberhart served as president, Americas of Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS), an information technology and business process outsourcing company, from 2003 until she retired in 2004. Ms. Eberhart joined EDS in 19... |
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| Robert B. Palmer *  Robert B. Palmer
Robert B. Palmer was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Digital Equipment Corporation (Digital) from 1995 until his retirement in 1998. Mr. Palmer was appointed chief executive officer and president of Digital in October 1992. From 1985 to 1992, Mr. Palmer served in various executive positions at Digital. Before joining Digital, Mr. Palmer was executive vice president of semiconductor operations at United Technologies Corporation (UTC), joining UTC in 1980 when it acquired Mostek Corpor... |
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| Waleed Ahmed Al Mokarrab Al Muhairi  Waleed Ahmed Al Mokarrab Al Muhairi
Waleed Ahmed Al Mokarrab Al Muhairi is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Mubadala Development Company. His primary responsibilities are to oversee the operational and business development activities of Mubadala. These include Mubadala's international acquisitions in addition to business building across a broad range of sectors: Energy, Industry, Infrastructure, Healthcare, Aerospace, Technology and Real Estate.
Prior to Mubadala, Mr. Al Mokarrab worked with the UAE Offsets G... |
| | | | Craig A. Conway  Craig A. Conway
Craig Conway has successfully led several technology companies, most recently serving as president and CEO of PeopleSoft, Inc. from 1999 to 2004. While at PeopleSoft, the company grew into the world’s second largest provider of enterprise business application software. Prior to PeopleSoft, Mr. Conway was president and CEO of One Touch Systems, a high bandwidth network communications company. Mr. Conway was also president and CEO of TGV Software, a provider of internet protocol and applicat... |
| | | | Nicholas M. Donofrio Nicholas M. Donofrio
Nicholas M. Donofrio had a successful 44-year career at IBM, starting as a logic and memory chip designer and rising to lead the company’s technology strategy and innovation. Prior to his retirement in 2008, he was an IBM fellow and executive vice president of innovation and technology. His focus on innovation contributed to IBM being awarded the highest number of patents of any company for 13 consecutive years. During his career, Mr. Donofrio held a variety of leadership roles in IBM’s ser... |
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| Derrick R. Meyer  Derrick R. Meyer
President and Chief Executive Officer, AMD
Dirk Meyer is President and Chief Executive Officer of AMD and also serves on the company's Board of Directors. Prior to his being named CEO in 2008, Mr. Meyer served as president and chief operating officer of AMD, a role in which he shared leadership and management of AMD with Executive Chairman of the Board Hector Ruiz. From 2001 to 2006, Mr. Meyer led the company's microprocessor business, overseeing related R&D, manufacturing, operations and marketing. His leadership during these five ye... |
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