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HP appoints CEO Whitman chairman, expands board

July 17, 2014 at 09:35 pm

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co appointed Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman its chairman on Thursday and enlisted Alcoa CEO Klaus Kleinfeld as an independent director, adding a 12th member to its board.

Whitman, who has led the world's largest computer maker since 2011, replaces activist investor Ralph Whitworth, who stepped down as interim chairman this week for health reasons.

(Reporting by San Francisco newsroom)

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Meg Whitman

Margaret Cushing Whitman is a businessperson who has been at the head of 9 different companies and is Chief Executive Officer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP and Chief Executive Officer & Director at Quibi Holdings LLC. Ms. Whitman is also Chief Executive Officer at NewTV (Massachusetts) and on the board of 5 other companies. Ms. Whitman previously was Chairman of HP, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett Packard Co. (a subsidiary of HP, Inc.), President & Chief Executive Officer of eBay, Inc., Director at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Co., General Manager-Preschool Division at Hasbro, Inc., Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC, Vice President for Bain & Co., Inc., President & Chief Executive Officer for FTD, Inc., President & Chief Executive Officer for GUE Liquidation Delivery, Inc. and Senior Vice President-Marketing for Disney Consumer Products, Inc. Margaret Cushing Whitman received an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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