Finisar Corporation Appoints Helene Simonet as New Director
March 28 2017 - 8:00AM
Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ:FNSR), a global technology leader for
fiber optic subsystems and components, today announced that the
Board of Directors has appointed Helene Simonet to the Board.
Finisar's Board now consists of seven Directors who are elected to
staggered three-year terms. Ms. Simonet will serve as a Class II
Director with a term running until the annual meeting of
stockholders in 2019.
Ms. Simonet served as Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of Coherent, Inc., a world leader in providing
photonics based solutions to the commercial and scientific research
markets, from April of 2002 to February of 2016. From December of
1999 to April of 2002, she was Vice President of Finance of
Coherent’s former Medical Group and Vice President of Finance of
its Photonics Division. Prior to joining Coherent, Ms. Simonet
spent over twenty years in senior finance positions at Raychem
Corporation. She has been a Director of Rogers Corporation since
October of 2014.
"I am pleased to welcome Leen as the newest member or our Board
of Directors," said Jerry Rawls, Finisar's Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman of the Board. "Her experience in both executive and
financial management of global technology manufacturing companies
makes her an excellent addition to the Board."
ABOUT FINISAR
Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ:FNSR) is a global technology leader
for fiber optic subsystems and components that enable high-speed
voice, video and data communications for telecommunications,
networking, storage, wireless, and cable TV applications. For over
25 years, Finisar has provided critical optics technologies to
system manufacturers to meet the increasing demands for network
bandwidth and storage. Finisar is headquartered in Sunnyvale,
California, USA with R&D, manufacturing sites, and sales
offices worldwide. For additional information, visit
www.finisar.com.
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Investor Contact:
Kurt Adzema
Chief Financial Officer
408-542-5050 or Investor.relations@finisar.com
Press contact:
Victoria McDonald
Director, Corporate Communications
408-542-4261
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