Aufsichtsrat

Andreas Barth
Non-executive Director, 64, was appointed to the Board on 1 September 2003.

Andreas was formerly a member of the Supervisory Board of TDS Informationstechnologie. He was previously Senior Vice-President of Compaq Computer Corporation and has also worked for Thomson-CSF, Texas Instruments and Ford.
 

Rakesh Bhasin
Chief Executive Officer, 46, was appointed to the Board on 13 December 2006.

Rakesh was previously President and Chief Executive of KVH Co. Ltd, a Fidelity Asia-focused telecom and network solutions provider based in Tokyo and remains as non-executive Chairman of that company. Rakesh has previously held senior positions at AT&T and Japan Telecom Company Limited.

Vincenzo Damiani
Non-executive Director, 69, was appointed to the Board on 23 July 2002.

Vincenzo is President of VIDA Consulting Srl and non-executive director of Mediatica SpA. He is a former non-executive director of Banca di Roma and was previously Corporate Vice-President of EDS Corporation, President of Digital Equipment Europe and General Manager of IBM Europe.

Hans Eggerstedt
Senior Independent Director, 70, was appointed to the Board on 2 June 2003.

Hans is a member of the Supervisory Board of Unilever Deutschland and a non-executive director of Jeronimo Martins. Hans was previously Group Finance Director of Unilever.
 

Mark Ferrari
Executive Director, 53, was appointed as Chief Financial Officer on 31 March 2011, having been a Non-Executive Director since 1 January 2009.

He is a former Managing Director of Devonshire Investors and also served as Chairman of FIML Natural Resources and Backyard Farms Holding, LLC and as director on the boards of a number of other Devonshire portfolio companies. Prior to joining Fidelity, Mark was Vice President of Finance at Kronos Inc and began his career at Ernst & Young.   

Gene Gabbard
Non-executive Director, 68, was appointed to the Board on 6 January 2005.

Gene is a member of the boards of Trillion Partners, Inc., Knology, Inc. and Hughes Communications, Inc. and a special limited partner of Ballast Point Ventures. Gene was previously Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MCI Communications Corporation.  

Sergio Giacoletto
Non-executive director, 59, was appointed to the Board on 22 July 2009.

Sergio was the Executive Vice President of Oracle Corporation, Europe, Middle East and Africa until December 2008. Prior to joining Oracle in 1997, he was President, Value Added Services at AT&T and before that he spent 20 years with Digital Equipment Corporation in various senior management and executive roles. He is currently the Senior Independent Director of Logica Plc and a non-executive Director of CSR plc. He holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Turin. 

Simon Haslam
Non-executive Director, 51, was appointed to the Board on 16 January 2007.

Simon is President of the Moonray Investors division of FIL Limited and is a director of FIL Limited and of various funds managed by FIL Limited and its subsidiaries. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and was previously an audit and consulting partner with Deloitte, and a non-executive director of Euroclear plc.

Tim Hilton
Chairman, 56, was appointed to the Board on 26 May 1999 and as Chairman on 16 January 2007.

Tim is President of Devonshire Investors, a private equity firm affiliated with Fidelity Investments. Devonshire manages a portfolio of investments in telecommunications, venture capital, real estate and other businesses outside financial services. Tim was previously a partner of the US corporate law firm Sullivan & Worcester LLP.

Richard Walsh
Non-executive Director, 62, was appointed to the Board on 1 June 2005.

Richard is MD, FMR LLC and a director of FIL Limited. Richard has held a number of senior positions within the Fidelity organisation and was previously with Digital Equipment Corporation.