Board of Directors

Ron Mackintosh

Chairman

Mr Mackintosh has served as a non-executive director since May 2004 and was appointed Chairman with effect from 2 May 2007. Mr Mackintosh is a non-executive director of the software company Fidessa Group plc.

Mr Mackintosh has held a number of senior executive positions in European technology companies. Between 1992 and 2000, Mr Mackintosh was Chief Executive of Computer Sciences Corporation’s (CSC) European business, which had revenues of $2.5 billion. He is also a former director of Gemplus SA and is the former chairman of Smartstream Technologies Ltd, Northgate Information Solutions plc, and Differentis, a privately owned IT consultancy which he co-founded in July 2000.

Mr Mackintosh is Chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee.

Joep van Beurden

Chief Executive Officer

Joep van Beurden, appointed as Chief Executive Officer of CSR on 1st November 2007, has over 15 years of experience in managing technology companies in the US and Europe.

For the three years prior to joining CSR, he was Chief Executive of NexWave Inc., a provider of embedded software solutions for the consumer electronics market based in France. Before joining NexWave, Joep held senior positions at Canesta Inc., a fables semiconductor company and Philips Components, both based in Sunnyvale, California. While at Philips, he was part of the executive team that established a successful consumer electronics joint venture with LGE.

Before that, Joep worked for five years with management and strategy consultants McKinsey & Company. Joep has also worked as a crude oil trader for Royal Dutch Shell and lectured in Physics and Electronics at the University of Zambia.

In December 2011, Joep was appointed Chairman of the Global Semiconductor Alliance, a not-for-profit organisation with a mission to accelerate the growth and increase the return on invested capital of the global semiconductor industry.

Joep holds a Masters degree in Applied Physics from Twente University of Technology in Enschede, the Netherlands.

Will Gardiner

Chief Financial Officer

Mr Gardiner joined CSR as Chief Financial Officer in June 2008. Prior to joining CSR, Mr Gardiner was Finance Director for Technology and Enterprise at BSkyB plc.

Mr Gardiner was CFO of Easynet Group plc, a pan-European broadband telecoms company from 2001 until its acquisition by BSkyB in 2006. Between 1991 and 2001, Mr Gardiner held a number of senior roles within JPMorgan’s investment banking division, specialising in the telecoms and technology sectors.

Mr Gardiner has a BA from Harvard College and an MA from Johns Hopkins University, Northgate.

Chris Ladas

Operations Director

Chris Ladas was appointed a Director of CSR on 1 January 2008 and is currently the Operations Director.

With over 40 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, Chris has led CSR's world class manufacturing and testing operations since May 2000, when he served as CSR's Executive Vice President, Operations. He has been instrumental in establishing CSR’s supply chain partnership with TSMC, world leader in wafer foundry operations and ASE, the largest assembly and test subcontractor in the industry.

Before joining CSR, Chris served as the Vice President of Operations at Micro Linear Corporation between January 1996 and May 2000. Prior to 1996, Chris held several managerial and technical positions at National Semiconductor, Fairchild, Harris, Sperry Corporation, Motorola, and Signetics.

Chris is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and is also a member of the Europe, Middle East and Africa Leadership Council of the Global Semiconductor Alliance.

Kanwar Chadha

Chief Marketing Officer

Mr Chadha joined CSR on 26 June 2009 following the acquisition of SiRF Technology Holdings Inc., where he was a founder, Head of Marketing, and a member of the Board of Directors.

Mr Chadha has over 25 years of experience in various marketing and management positions. Prior to founding SiRF, Mr Chadha served as General Manager of the Multimedia Group and Director of Strategic Marketing at S3 Inc., where he led the development of innovative audio and video processing technologies.

Before joining S3 Inc, Mr Chadha co-founded AQuesT Inc., a developer of multimedia and 3D graphics acceleration products, and served as its chairman.

Prior to his entrepreneurial ventures, he served at Intel in various product marketing positions, including Product Line Manager for the i860 RISC processor and floating point co-processors 8087/287/387.

Mr Chadha received his B.Tech. in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, and later his MS in CIS from the University of Pennsylvania simultaneously with an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Anthony Carlisle

Non-Executive Director / Senior Independent Director

Mr Carlisle was appointed as a non-executive director of CSR in July 2005 and was appointed as Senior Independent Director in May 2009. He is also a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Mr Carlisle is the Chief Executive of Citigate Dewe Rogerson Consultancy. He has over 30 years of experience in marketing and communications, advising major companies in the UK and internationally.

Mr Carlisle holds a BA in Economics.

Andrew Allner

Non-Executive Director

Mr Allner joined CSR as a non-executive director on 1 October 2008 and was appointed Chairman of the Audit Committee on 27 May 2009. He is also a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Mr Allner is a chartered accountant with extensive experience in senior executive and non-executive positions. Between 2004 and 2007, he was Group Finance Director at RHM plc, taking a lead role in its flotation on the London Stock Exchange in July 2005. Prior to joining RHM plc, Mr Allner was CEO of Enodis plc. Mr Allner has also served in senior executive positions with Dalgety plc, Amersham International plc and Guinness plc. He is a former partner of Price Waterhouse and is presently Chairman of Marshalls plc. He also serves as a non-executive director and Chairman of the Audit Committee at Northgate plc, The Go-Ahead Group plc and AZ Electronic Materials S.A.

Mr Allner is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and is a graduate of Oxford University.

Teresa Vega

Non-Executive Director

Ms Vega joined CSR as a non-executive director on 27 October 2010. She has over 30 years' experience in the technology and telecommunications industries for leading global companies, including Motorola Inc., where she served as senior vice president between June 2005 and July 2007, leading their global CDMA handset business; and Lucent Technologies Inc., where she served as Chief Operating Officer of the Wireless Infrastructure Division for six years. In each of these organisations, Ms Vega led and built multi-billion dollar divisions and spearheaded major product launches.

Between 2002 and 2005, she also served as Group President, Wireless Cable and Emerging Markets at Telecordia Technologies Inc, a leading global provider of telecommunications software and services for network operators.

Ms Vega is presently Non-Executive Chairman of Arieso Ltd (Newbury UK). More recently, she has been appointed as non-executive chairman of ip.access Limited, also based in Cambridge.

Sergio Giacoletto-Roggio

Non-Executive Director

Mr Giacoletto-Roggio joined CSR as a non-executive director on 4 January 2007. He is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees.

In December 2008, Mr Giacoletto-Roggio retired from Oracle Corporation, where he had been Executive Vice President of Oracle Corporation, Europe, Middle East and Africa and a member of Oracle’s Executive Committee. Prior to joining Oracle in 1997, Mr Giacoletto-Roggio was President, Value Added Services at AT&T, before which he spent 20 years with Digital Equipment Corporation in various senior management and executive roles.

Mr Giacoletto-Roggio has served on multiple company boards and IT industry associations. He is currently a non-executive director and the Senior Independent Director of Logica plc, a non-executive director of Colt SA and the Chairman of both Telepo AB and Sophis Holding (Luxembourg) SCA.

Mr Giacoletto-Roggio holds a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Turin.

Levy Gerzberg

Non-Executive Director

Dr Levy Gerzberg joined the Board of CSR on 31 August 2011 as a non-executive director. He was co-founder, President, CEO and Director of Zoran Corporation. Prior to co-founding Zoran, Dr Gerzberg was Associate Director of Stanford University’s Electronics Laboratory where he managed, conducted research and taught. Dr Gerzberg has over 25 years experience in the high technology industry in areas related to ICs, software and systems utilising digital signal processing in consumer electronics, communications, PCs and medical electronic markets. Dr Gerzberg holds a Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, an M.S in Medical Electronics and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.

Dr Gerzberg was named Northern California’s “2003 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year” in the Semiconductor category. In 2004, Dr Gerzberg was honoured as the recipient of the California Israel Chamber of Commerce International Partnership award. Dr Gerzberg is currently serving his second term on the Consumer Electronics Association’s Board of Industry Leaders.