Rick Kenneth Hodgman
Independent Director

Rick Kenneth Hodgman is the Lead Independent Director (appointed 4 Jul 2007) and he is also the Chairman of the Company's Nominating Committee and member of the Company's Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee.

Mr. Hodgman is presently the Vice President and Managing Director for Asia Operations, Broadcom Singapore Pte. Ltd. From 1996 to 1999, Rick was Vice President and General Manager of Wafer Fab Operations for Fabs 2, 3, and 6 (officially called Chartered Silicon Partners) at Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. Prior to this, he was with Silicon Systems, Inc., for 14 years. When he left Silicon Systems, he was Vice President for World-wide Wafer Fab and Foundry Operations. Rick graduated from the University of Utah with B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering.