HP Introduces Future Boards of Directors for Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP Inc.

As HP prepares to separate into two industry-leading companies on Nov. 1, 2015, the company has introduced the expected members of the boards of directors for both Hewlett Packard Enterprise and HP Inc. Each board will include members of the current HP board, as well as several new directors. The new board for each company will go into effect upon completion of the separation.
 
Upon completion of the separation, Hewlett Packard Enterprise will provide the technology solutions customers need to optimize their traditional IT, while helping them build a secure, cloud-enabled, mobile-ready to infrastructure. Hewlett Packard Enterprise will be led by current HP CEO Meg Whitman.
 
HP Inc. will be a leading personal systems and printing company with a strong innovation pipeline across areas such as 3D printing and new computing experiences. HP Inc. will be led Dion Weisler, who currently runs the Printing and Personal Systems Group at HP.
 
In addition, current Board member James Skinner has announced that he has resigned from the Board, effective upon completion of the separation, due to the increased workload of his new role as executive chairman of Walgreens Boots Alliance.
 
The board of directors of Hewlett Packard Enterprise will be chaired by Pat Russo, who joined the HP board in 2011 and currently serves as its lead independent director. Russo previously served as CEO of Alcatel-Lucent, as well as chairman, president and CEO of Lucent Technologies Inc.
In addition to Russo, the Hewlett Packard Enterprise board of directors is expected to include:
• Dan Ammann, president, General Motors.
• Marc Andreessen, co-founder, AH Capital Management.
• Michael Angelakis, senior advisor to the Executive Management Committee, Comcast Corp.; former vice chairman and CFO, Comcast Corp.
• Leslie Brun, chairman and CEO of Sarr Group.
• Pamela Carter, former president, Cummins Distribution.
• Klaus Kleinfeld, chairman and CEO, Alcoa Inc.
• Raymond Lane, partner emeritus, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
• Ann Livermore, former executive vice president, HP Enterprise Business.
• Raymond Ozzie, CEO, Talko Inc.
• Gary Reiner, operating partner, General Atlantic.
• Lip-Bu Tan, chairman, Walden International; president and CEP, Cadence Design Systems
• Meg Whitman, chairman, president and CEO, HP.
 
Andreessen, Kleinfeld, Lane, Livermore, Ozzie, Reiner, Russo and Whitman all currently serve as members of the board of directors of HP.
 
HP Inc.
Meg Whitman will chair the board of directors for HP Inc. Whitman has served as president and CEO of HP since September 2011, in addition to serving as director of HP since January 2011 and chairman of the board of HP since July 2014.
 
In addition to Whitman, the HP Inc. board of directors is expected to include:
• Shumeet Banerji, founder, Condorcet, LP; former CEO, Booz & Co.
• Carl Bass, president, CEO and director, Autodesk Inc.
• Robert Bennett, managing director, Hilltop Investments; former president and CEO, Liberty Media.
• Charles “Chip” Bergh, president and CEO, Levi Strauss & Co.
• Stacy Brown-Philpot, COO, TaskRabbit Inc.
• Stephanie Burns, former chairman and CEO, Dow Corning.
• Mary Anne Citrino, senior advisor, Blackstone.
• Rajiv Gupta, former chairman and CEO, Rohm and Haas Co.
• Stacey Mobley, former senior vice president, chief administrative officer and general counsel, DuPont.
• Subra Suresh, president, Carnegie Mellon University.
• Dion Weisler, EVP, HP.
 
Banerji, Bennett, Gupta and Whitman currently serve on the board of directors of HP.
 
“HP Inc. has tremendous opportunities and having a skilled board with a global perspective is critical to me and my management team, especially as we embark into new markets like 3-D printing and immersive computing,” Weisler said.