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Kirk Mandy was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company on February 17 2005. Mr. Mandy has more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and has played an important role in shaping Zarlink as a pure-play semiconductor company. He served as Vice-Chairman of Zarlink’s Board of Directors from July 2001 to February 2005 relinquishing that position upon his appointment as President and CEO.
Over a distinguished career with Mitel Corporation spanning 15 years Mr. Mandy held increasingly senior roles culminating in the position of President and CEO from 1998 to 2001. He oversaw Mitel’s strategic decision to focus on semiconductors and the subsequent divestiture of the Business Communications Systems (BCS) division.
Mr. Mandy is also a member of the board of Epocal Mitel Networks and Chairman of The Armstrong Monitoring Corporation. He has served on the Board of the Strategic Microelectronics Corporation (SMC) the Canadian Advanced Technology Association (CATA) The Canadian Microelectronics Corp. (CMC) The Ottawa Center for Research and Innovation (OCRI) and Micronet. He is also past Chairman of the Telecommunications Research Center of Ontario (TRIO) past Co-Chairman of the National Research Council’s Innovation Forum and past Co-Chairman of the Ottawa Partnership. Mr. Mandy is a graduate of Algonquin College in Ottawa. | 