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OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The names of our executive officers, their ages as of July 4, 2008, and their positions are shown below.
Name Age Position
John W. Thompson ................ 59 Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief
Executive Officer
Enrique T. Salem.................. 42 Chief Operating Officer
James A. Beer .................... 47 Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
Gregory W. Hughes ................ 45 Chief Strategy Officer
Janice Chaffin .................... 53 Group President, Consumer Business Unit
J. David Thompson ................ 41 Group President, Information Technology and
Services
Arthur F. Courville ................ 49 Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary
Rebecca Ranninger ................ 49 Executive Vice President and Chief Human
Resources Officer
George W. Harrington .............. 56 Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief
Accounting Officer
The Board chooses executive officers, who then serve at the Board’s discretion. There is no family relationship
between any of the directors or executive officers and any other director or executive officer of Symantec.
For information regarding Mr. Thompson, please refer to Proposal No. 1, “Election of Directors,” above.
Mr. Salem has served as our Chief Operating Officer since January 2008. From April 2007 to January 2008,
Mr. Salem had served as our Group President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing. Mr. Salem previously served as our
Group President, Consumer Products from May 2006 to April 2008, Senior Vice President, Consumer Products and
Solutions from February 2006 to May 2006, Senior Vice President, Security Products and Solutions from
January 2006 to February 2006, and as Senior Vice President, Network and Gateway Security Solutions from
June 2004 to February 2006. Prior to joining Symantec, from 2002 to June 2004, he was President and CEO of
Brightmail Incorporated, an anti-spam software company that was acquired by Symantec. From 2001 to 2002,
Mr. Salem served as Senior Vice President of Products and Technology at Oblix Inc., an identity-based security
products developer, and from 1999 to 2001, he was Vice President of Technology and Operations at Ask Jeeves Inc.,
an online search engine provider. From 1990 to 1999, Mr. Salem led the security business unit at Symantec.
Mr. Salem received a Bachelor of Arts in computer science from Dartmouth College.
Mr. Beer has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since February 2006. From
1991 to February 2006, Mr. Beer held various management positions in finance and operations at American Airlines
Inc., a passenger airline company, including leading the airline’s European and Asia Pacific businesses. He most
recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AMR Corporation and AMR’s principal
subsidiary, American Airlines, since January 2004. Mr. Beer holds a Bachelor of Science in aeronautical
engineering from Imperial College, London University and a master’s degree in business administration from
Harvard Business School.
Mr. Hughes has served as our Chief Strategy Officer since January 2008. From April 2007 to January 2008,
Mr. Hughes served as our Group President, Global Services. He joined Symantec through the company’s merger
with Veritas in July 2005 and served as our Executive Vice President, Services and Support, from July 2005 to
April 2007. At Veritas, Mr. Hughes most recently served as Executive Vice President, Global Services from October
2003 to July 2005. Mr. Hughes joined Veritas after a 10-year career at McKinsey & Co., a global management
consulting service provider, where he most recently served as a Partner. During his 10-year career at McKinsey, he
founded and led the North American Software Industry practice and worked as a consultant to senior executives
across a range of industries on information-technology related issues. Mr. Hughes holds a Master of Business
Administration degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and a bachelor’s degree in electrical
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