PRESS RELEASE
05 January 2004
James A. Lawrence Joins Apple's Board of Directors
CUPERTINO, California - January 5th, 2004
Apple today announced that James A. (Jim) Lawrence, executive vice president and CFO of General Mills, Inc., has joined the Company's Board of Directors.
“With his deep financial and international experience, Jim is going to be agreat addition to our Board of Directors”, said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. “Jim is the seventh member on our Board, and we're all looking forward to working with him”.
“Apple is clearly the most innovative company in its industry”, said Jim Lawrence. “My family and I have been Mac users for many years, so I amreally looking forward to working directly with such a talented group ofpeople”.
James A. Lawrence has been executive vice president and CFO of General Millssince 1998. Previously, Mr. Lawrence was executive vice president and CFO ofNorthwest Airlines. Prior to joining Northwest Airlines, he was atPepsi-Cola International, serving initially as executive vice president andsubsequently as president and CEO for its operations in Asia, the MiddleEast and Africa.
Mr. Lawrence currently also serves on the board of directors of Avnet, Inc.and The St. Paul Companies. His previous board affiliations include AmericanReinsurance Inc., Continental Airlines and Intuitive Surgical.
Mr. Lawrence received his B.A. in Economics from Yale University in 1974 andhis M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1976.
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