London, United Kingdom - November 15, 2013, London, United Kingdom - Volex, a provider of electrical and optical interconnect solutions, announced the appointment of Geraint Anderson as a non-executive director and the chair of the board's remuneration committee.
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Mr. Anderson has spent the majority of his career in the cabling, connector and electronic component industry and has worked extensively in Europe and Asia. He has been Chief Executive of TT Electronics, and spent eight years at Cisco Systems Inc where latterly he was Global Vice President of the Linksys Service Provider Business.
Mr. Anderson joined Cisco Systems in 2000 following the acquisition of Pirelli's worldwide Communications Business where he was Senior Vice President of Pirelli Cables having first joined Pirelli in 1991.
The company also announced that Chris Geoghegan is stepping down as a Non-Executive Director.
Mr. Geoghegan was appointed as a non-executive Director on March 1, 2008 and the Board's Senior Independent Director on December 31, 2008. He is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees. He is also chairman of Hampson Industries plc and a non-executive director of Kier Group plc.
Until December 31, 2007, Mr. Geoghegan was the group executive director of BAE Systems plc. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and was previously President of the Society of British Aerospace Companies.
The company also announced that, following a review of the Group's senior operating structure, the role of Chief Operating Officer will cease to exist and David McKinney will leave the company and has resigned from the board.
Mr. McKinney also served as Chief Operating Officer of Pace plc, where he also served as a member of the board of directors. He has More than 20 years of experience in senior executive and operational roles, spending ten years in the semiconductor industry including NEC Semiconductors and Digital Equipment Corporation, before moving to and spending over ten years in the telecommunications sector including Motorola and Royal Philips Electronics. ■