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Daniel Borel has been chairman of Logitech´s board of directors since 1988. He is the chair of Logitech's Nominating Committee and Board Compensation Committee. Mr. Borel co-founded Logitech in 1981 and served as chief executive officer from 1992 to 1998.During Logitech´s first decade, Mr. Borel was instrumental in developing the mouse business, as Logitech´s mice went from higher-priced, low-volume specialty products to affordable devices that are used with virtually every computer and sold to retail and OEM customers around the world. He also developed Logitech´s European sales and marketing operations. In addition, Mr. Borel was responsible for establishing the company´s high-volume manufacturing capability in Asia. In 1988, Mr. Borel led Logitech through its initial public offering on the SWX Swiss Exchange. In 1997 he led the company through its subsequent initial public offering in the U.S. on the Nasdaq National Market System.Mr. Borel serves on the boards of directors of Nestle S.A., Phonak Holding Ltd. and the Defitech foundation for handicapped people, and is chairman of the board of SwissUp, a foundation dedicated to excellence in education in Switzerland.Mr. Borel holds a physics degree from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, in Switzerland, and a master´s degree in computer science from Stanford University in California. | 