Qualcomm Taps Mark McLaughlin to Be New Board Chairman
August 13 2019 - 7:24PM
Dow Jones News
By Dave Sebastian
Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) appointed Mark McLaughlin as it board
chairman, effective Tuesday, succeeding Jeff Henderson.
Mr. Henderson, who served as board chairman from March 2018,
will remain on the board and continue to chair its audit committee,
the semiconductor company said.
Mr. McLaughlin has served as a director on the company's board
since July 2015. He has been serving as vice chairman of the board
at cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks Inc. (PANW), where he
also served as chairman and chief executive.
Prior to joining Palo Alto Networks in 2011, Mr. McLaughlin
served as president, CEO and director of internet company VeriSign
Inc. (VRSN) from 2009 and in other management roles since 2000.
He also served as chairman of the National Security
Telecommunications Advisory Committee under the Obama
administration.
Mr. Henderson has been a director of Qualcomm since January
2016. He has been an advisory director to the private-equity firm
Berkshire Partners LLC since September 2015 and previously served
as finance chief at Cardinal Health Inc. (CAH) from 2005 to
2014.
Mr. Henderson has also held management positions at Eli Lilly
and Co. (LLY) and General Motors Co. (GM).
Write to Dave Sebastian at dave.sebastian@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
August 13, 2019 19:09 ET (23:09 GMT)
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