About Tyco

Board of Directors

Tyco's Board of Directors is composed of world-class leaders with diverse perspectives and solid experience. Currently, our Board is identifying and implementing the best governance practices and procedures that will be used to help set high standards of honesty, integrity and ethics throughout the organization. The Board has adopted new committee charters and new board governance principles to be used as guidelines for board activities that will promote high standards of corporate governance. The new charters and board principles, along with newly revised compensation and benefits programs and Tyco's Guide to Ethical Conduct for employees, will reinforce our credibility in the marketplace and build the value of Tyco for investors and all stakeholders.

The mission of Tyco's Board of Directors is to promote the long-term value and health of the company in the interests of the shareholders and set an ethical "tone at the top." To this end, the Board provides management with strategic guidance, and also ensures that management adopts and implements procedures designed to promote the highest standards of honesty, integrity and ethics throughout the organization.


 

Edward D. Breen Edward D. Breen

Edward D. Breen has been chairman and chief executive officer of Tyco International Ltd. since July 2002. Prior to joining Tyco, Mr. Breen was president and chief operating officer of Motorola from January 2002 to July 2002; executive vice president and president of Motorola's Networks sector from January 2001 to January 2002; executive vice president and president of Motorola's Broadband Communication sector from January 2000 to January 2001; chairman, president and chief executive officer of General Instrument Corporation (GI) from December 1997 to January 2000; and, prior to December 1997, president of GI's Broadband Networks group. Mr. Breen is a member of the Advisory Board of New Mountain Capital LLC, a private equity firm, and also serves on the Board of Trustees of Grove City College.


Michael E. Daniels Michael E. Daniels

Michael E. Daniels was elected to Tyco's Board of Directors in March 2010. Mr. Daniels is senior vice president of IBM's Global Technology Services, with worldwide responsibility for IBM’s Global Services business operations in outsourcing services, integrated technology services, maintenance, and Global Business Services. Since joining IBM in 1976, Mr. Daniels has held a number of leadership positions in sales, marketing, and services, and was general manager of several sales and services businesses. Mr. Daniels is a graduate of the Holy Cross College in Massachusetts with a degree in political science and is also a trustee of Holy Cross.


Timothy M. Donahue Timothy M. Donahue

Timothy M. Donahue became a director of Tyco in March 2008. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Donahue was executive chairman of Sprint Nextel Corporation from August 2005 to December 2006. He previously served as president and chief executive officer of Nextel Communications, Inc. He began his career with Nextel in January 1996 as president and chief operating officer. Before joining Nextel, Mr. Donahue served as northeast regional president for AT&T Wireless Services operations from 1991 to 1996. Prior to that, he served as president for McCaw Cellular’s paging division in 1986 and was named McCaw’s president for the U.S. central region in 1989. He is also a director of the Eastman Kodak Company and NVR Inc., the lead director of Covidien plc and non- executive chairman of the private company UCT Coatings, Inc.


Brian Duperreault Brian Duperreault

Mr. Duperreault joined our Board in March 2004. Mr. Duperreault currently serves as president and chief executive officer of Marsh and McLennan Companies, Inc. Previously, Mr. Duperreault served as chairman of ACE Limited, an international provider of a broad range of insurance and reinsurance products, since October 1994. He also served as chief executive officer of ACE Limited from October 1994 through May 2004, and as its president from October 1994 through November 1999. Prior to joining ACE, Mr. Duperreault had been employed with American Insurance Group ("AIG") since 1973 and served in various senior executive positions with AIG and its affiliates from 1978 until September 1994. Mr. Duperreault is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Insurance Society, Centre on Philanthropy and the Insurance Information Institute. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Overseers of the School of Risk Management of St. John’s University and the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences.


Bruce Gordon Bruce Gordon

Bruce Gordon became a director of Tyco in January 2003 and was appointed lead director in March 2008. From August 2005 through April 2007, Mr. Gordon served as president and chief executive officer of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Until his retirement in December 2003, he was the president of Retail Markets at Verizon Communications, Inc. Prior to the merger of Bell Atlantic Corporation and GTE, which formed Verizon in July of 2000, Mr. Gordon fulfilled a variety of positions at Bell Atlantic Corporation, including group president, vice president of Marketing and Sales, and vice president of Sales. Mr. Gordon also serves as a director of CBS Corporation and Northrop Grumman Corporation.


Rajiv Gupta Rajiv Gupta

Mr. Gupta joined our Board in March 2005. He served as chairman and chief executive officer of Rohm and Haas Company, a worldwide producer of specialty materials, from 1999 to 2009. Previously, he served as vice chairman of Rohm and Haas Company from 1998 to 1999, director of Electronic Materials business from 1996 to 1999, and vice president and regional director of the Asia - Pacific Region from 1993 to 1998. Mr. Gupta holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, a Master's of Science in operations research from Cornell University and a Master's of Business Administration in finance from Drexel University Mr. Gupta also is a director of the Vanguard Group, Hewlett‑Packard Company, Delphi Automotive, plc and the private companies Affle, Pte Ltd and Stroz Friedberg LLC. He serves as chairman of Symphony IRI Group, Inc. a privately held market research company, and Avantor Performance Materials, Inc., a privately held maker of performance materials. He is also a trustee of The Conference Board, and a senior advisor of New Mountain Capital LLC.


John A. Krol John A. Krol

John A. Krol has been a director of Tyco since August 2002, and served as lead director from August 2002 until March 2008. Mr. Krol is the former chairman and chief executive of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. He joined E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company in 1963 as a chemist, working his way up through the company to senior management positions, and was appointed vice chairman of the company in 1992, and chairman and CEO in 1998. Mr. Krol also serves as a director of ACE Limited, and as chairman of the board of Delphi Automotive, plc and the private company Pacolet‑Milliken.


Brendan R. O'Neill Brendan R. O'Neill

Brendan R. O'Neill has been a director of Tyco since March 2003. Dr. O'Neill is the former chief executive of Imperial Chemical Industries PLC (ICI). Prior to Dr. O'Neill's career at ICI, he held numerous positions at Guinness PLC, including chief executive of Guinness Brewing Worldwide Ltd, managing director International Region of United Distillers, and director of Financial Control. Dr. O'Neill also held positions at HSBC Holdings PLC, BICC PLC and the Ford Motor Company. Dr. O'Neill is also a director of Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., Informa plc and Towers Watson & Co.


Dinesh C. Paliwal

Dinesh C. Paliwal was elected to the Tyco Board of Directors in March 2011. He is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Harman International Industries, Inc. Harman International designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of audio and infotainment solutions for the automotive, consumer and professional markets. Mr. Paliwal joined Harman in 2007 from ABB Group where he spent 22 years and served on the Group Executive Committee. He holds a Master's degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology. He also earned a Master's degree in applied science and engineering and a Master's in Business Administration from Miami University (Ohio). Mr. Paliwal also serves as a member of the Trilateral Commission, the Board of Directors of the International Institute for the Study of Cross‑Border M&A, and the Business Roundtable.


William S. Stavropoulos William S. Stavropoulos

William S. Stavropoulos became a director of Tyco in March 2007. Until his retirement in 2006, Dr. Stavropoulos was the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Dow Chemical Company. He spent his entire career at Dow, beginning as a research chemist and business manager and later assuming operating roles of increasing regional and global responsibility. Dr. Stavropoulos graduated from Fordham University with a Bachelor of Science in pharmaceutical chemistry and from the University of Washington with a Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry. Dr. Stavropoulos serves as a director of Chemical Financial Corporation, Teradata Corporation and Maersk, Inc., and is non-executive chairman of Univar, Inc., a private company. He is a trustee to the Fidelity Group of Funds and the Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation, on the advisory boards of Maersk Corporation and Metalmark Capital LLC and is an advisory partner of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC. Dr. Stavropoulos is also President and Founder of the Michigan Baseball Foundation.


Sandra S. Wijnberg Sandra S. Wijnberg

Sandra S. Wijnberg has been a director of Tyco since March 2003. In March 2007, Ms. Wijnberg was named chief administrative officer of Aquiline Holdings LLC. From January 2000 to March 2006, Ms. Wijnberg served as senior vice president and chief financial officer at Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. Before joining Marsh & McLennan, Ms. Wijnberg served as a senior vice president and treasurer of Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc. and held various positions at PepsiCo, Inc., Morgan Stanley Group, Inc. and American Express Company. Ms. Wijnberg is a director of Futurity First Financial Corporation.


R. David Yost R. David Yost

R. David Yost was elected to the Tyco Board of Directors in March 2009. From August 2001 until his retirement in June 2011, Mr. Yost was the president and chief executive officer of AmerisourceBergen, a comprehensive pharmaceutical services provider. Mr. Yost also held a variety of other positions with AmeriSource Health Corporation and its predecessors from 1974 to 2001. Mr. Yost is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and earned his MBA degree from the University of California at Los Angeles. Mr. Yost also serves on the Board of Trustees of Penn Medicine and the US Air Force Academy Endowment Board.


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