News at the top at Apple: Arthur D. Levinson, president of Genentech and member of the Board of Directors of Roche, has been appointed new non-executive chairman of the Board, while Robert A. Iger, president and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, will join be part of the control committee.
“Art has made an enormous contribution to Apple since he joined the board in 2000 – commented Tim Cook, Apple's CEO -. He was the longest serving co-lead director and his insight and leadership are incredibly important to Apple, our employees and our shareholders.”
Levinson also holds leadership roles within Amyris, NGM Biopharmaceuticals and the Broad Institutes of MIT and Harvard. Iger instead had an important role in the acquisition of Pixar (2006) and Marvel (2009) on behalf of Walt Disney. He is a board member of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum and the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
“Bob and I – added Cook – have gotten to know each other very well over the last few years and on behalf of the whole Board, we think we have added an extraordinary element to our already strong Board. His strategic vision for Disney is based on three core principles: generating the best creative content possible, promoting innovation and using the latest technologies, and expanding into new markets around the world making it an ideal fit for Apple.
