Annual report and accounts 2008

Doug Dunn, OBE, age 64 Chairman

Doug Dunn joined the board as an independent non-executive director in December 1998 and became non-executive Chairman on 1 October 2006. He was previously President and Chief Executive Officer of ASM Lithography Holding N.V. until his retirement in December 2004. Before joining ASML, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Consumer Electronics Division of Royal Philips Electronics N.V. and a member of the board. He was previously Managing Director of the Semiconductor divisions of Plessey and GEC and held several engineering and management positions at Motorola. He was awarded an OBE in 1992. He is a non-executive director of ST Microelectronics N.V., Soitec S.A., and TomTom N.V.

Warren East age 47 Chief Executive Officer

Warren East joined ARM in 1994 to set up ARM’s consulting business. He was Vice President, Business Operations from February 1998. In October 2000 he was appointed to the board as Chief Operating Officer and in October 2001 was appointed Chief Executive Officer. Before joining ARM he was with Texas Instruments. He is a chartered engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute. He is a non-executive director of Reciva Limited and non-executive director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of De La Rue plc.

Tim Score age 48 Chief Financial Officer

Tim Score joined ARM as Chief Financial Officer and director in March 2002. Before joining ARM, he was Finance Director of Rebus Group Limited. He was previously Group Finance Director of William Baird plc, Group Controller at LucasVarity plc and Group Financial Controller at BTR plc. He is a non-executive director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of National Express Group plc.

Tudor Brown age 50 President

Tudor Brown was one of the founders of ARM. Before joining the company, he was at Acorn Computers where he worked on the ARM R&D programme. He joined the board in 2001 and became President in 2008 with responsibility for developing high-level relationships with industry partners and governmental agencies and for regional development. His previous roles include Engineering Director and Chief Technology Officer, EVP Global Development and Chief Operating Officer. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and is a non-executive director of ANT plc.

Mike Inglis age 49 EVP and General Manager – Processor Division

Mike Inglis joined ARM in 2002 and became EVP and General Manager of the Processor Division in July 2008, having previously been EVP, Sales and Marketing. Before joining ARM, he worked in management consultancy with A.T. Kearney and held a number of senior operational and marketing positions at Motorola, Texas Instruments, Fairchild and BIS Macintosh and gained his initial industrial experience with GEC Telecommunications. He is a chartered engineer and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He is a non-executive director of Pace plc.

Mike Muller age 50 Chief Technology Officer

Mike Muller was one of the founders of ARM. Before joining the Company, he was responsible for hardware strategy and the development of portable products at Acorn Computers. He was previously at Orbis Computers. At ARM he was VP, Marketing from 1992 to 1996 and EVP, Business Development until October 2000 when he was appointed Chief Technology Officer. In October 2001, he was appointed to the board.

Simon Segars age 41 EVP and General Manager – Physical IP Division

Simon Segars joined the board in January 2005 and was appointed EVP and General Manager of the Physical IP Division in September 2007. He has previously been EVP, Engineering, EVP, Worldwide Sales and latterly EVP, Business Development. He joined ARM in early 1991 and has worked on many of the ARM CPU products since then. He led the development of the ARM7 and ARM9 Thumb® families. He holds a number of patents in the field of embedded CPU architectures. He is a non-executive director of Plastic Logic Limited.

Lucio Lanza age 64 Independent non-executive director

Lucio Lanza joined the board in December 2004 following ARM’s acquisition of Artisan. He was a director of Artisan, from 1996, becoming Chairman in 1997. He is currently Managing Director of Lanza techVentures, an early stage venture capital and investment firm, which he founded in January 2001. In 1990, he joined US Venture Partners, a venture capital firm, as a venture partner and was a general partner. From 1990 to 1995, he was an independent consultant to companies in the semiconductor, communications and computer-aided design industries, including Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and, from 1986 to 1989, was Chief Executive Officer of EDA Systems, Inc. Before that he was at Daisy Systems Corp, as VP of Marketing and later as GM of the EDA division. From 1977 to 1983 he held several positions with responsibility for strategy and innovation at Intel Corp including Chairman of the Microprocessor Strategic business segment. From 1968 to 1977 he was responsible for processor architecture and design at Olivetti Corporation. He is also on the board of directors of PDF Solutions, Inc., a provider of technologies to improve semiconductor manufacturing yields. He holds a doctorate in electronic engineering from Politecnico of Milano.

Kathleen O’Donovan age 51 Independent non-executive director

Kathleen O’Donovan joined the board in December 2006. She is a non-executive director and Chairman of the Audit Committees of Prudential plc, Great Portland Estates plc and Trinity Mirror plc and Chairman of the Invensys Pension Scheme. Previously she was a non-executive director and Chairman of the Audit Committees of the Court of the Bank of England and EMI Group plc and a non-executive director of O2 plc. Prior to that, she was Chief Financial Officer of BTR and Invensys and before that she was a partner at Ernst & Young.

Philip Rowley age 56 Independent non-executive director

Philip Rowley joined the board in January 2005. He was Chairman and CEO of AOL Europe, the interactive services, web brands, internet technologies and e-commerce provider until February 2007. He is a qualified chartered accountant and was Group Finance Director of Kingfisher plc from 1998 to 2001. Prior to that, his roles included Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EMI Music Worldwide. He is a non-executive director of HMV Group plc and Misys plc and Chairman of Skinkers Limited.

John Scarisbrick age 56 Independent non-executive director

John Scarisbrick joined the board in August 2001. He was CEO of CSR plc from June 2004 until October 2007 and previously worked for 25 years at Texas Instruments (TI) in a variety of roles including as Senior Vice President responsible for TI’s $5 billion ASP chip business, President of TI Europe and leader of the team that created TI’s DSP business in Houston, Texas. Before joining TI, he worked in electronics systems design roles at Rank Radio International and Marconi Space and Defence Systems in the UK. He is a non-executive director of Intrinsity, Inc and non-executive Chairman of Netronome Systems Inc.

Jeremy Scudamore age 61 Senior independent director

Jeremy Scudamore joined the board in April 2004. He was Chief Executive Officer of Avecia Group (formerly the specialty chemicals business of Zeneca) until April 2006 and previously held senior management positions both in the UK and overseas with Zeneca and ICI. He has been a board member of the Chemical Industries Association and was Chairman of England’s North West Science Council. He was also a member of the DTI’s Innovation and Growth Team for the Chemical Industry and Chairman of the Innovation Team. He is non-executive Chairman of SkyePharma plc and Oxford Advanced Surfaces plc and a non executive director of Oxford Catalysts Group plc and Plant Health Care plc.

Young Sohn age 53 Independent non-executive director

Young Sohn joined the board in April 2007. He has extensive experience in the semiconductor industry both in Silicon Valley and in Asia. He is CEO of Inphi Corporation, a director of Cymer, Inc. and Audium Semiconductor Limited and an adviser to Panorama Capital, a Silicon Valley based venture capital firm. Previously he was President of the semiconductor products group at Agilent Technology, Inc. and Chairman of Oak Technology, Inc. Prior to that, he was President of the hard drive business of Quantum Corporation and, before that, Director of Marketing at Intel Corporation.

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