Akamai announces Board member Dan Hesse as next Chairman of the Board of Directors

– USA, MA –  Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the world’s most trusted solution for protecting and delivering digital experiences, today announced the appointment of current director Dan Hesse to succeed Fred Salerno who will be retiring as Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective as of June 3, 2021.

“I am very pleased to welcome Dan Hesse into the role of chairman of the board. In his nearly five years, Dan has had a marked effect on the board’s operations and committees. He is an enthusiastic proponent of our commitment to operating at the highest level of excellence, honesty, fairness, and integrity, and giving back to the communities in which we operate, live and work. His leadership will continue to reinforce Akamai’s commitment to these values.” said co-founder and CEO, Dr. Tom Leighton.

He added: “I want to express my deep appreciation to Fred for his strong leadership and unwavering dedication to the success of Akamai. He has provided vital counsel on our most significant challenges for two decades, including all of our strategic acquisitions and financings. In addition, he oversaw our development of strong internal financial controls to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley and the formation of our internal audit function.”

About Dan Hesse

Dan Hesse has been an Akamai board member since August 2016 and is chairman of its ESG committee, formerly known as the nominating and corporate governance committee. He is the former CEO of Sprint and a well-known advocate for the conscience-driven corporation and its responsibility in creating an equitable, inclusive and sustainable world. He serves as a member of the boards of Just Capital and the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, organizations that support these convictions.

“It has been a pleasure to work alongside Fred. He has been a great partner in and out of the boardroom and I thank him for his leadership,” said Dan Hesse. “I am honored to succeed him as Akamai’s chairman and look forward to helping the management team increase Akamai’s role in enabling a connected world of unimagined potential.”

About Akamai

Akamai secures and delivers digital experiences for the world’s largest companies. Akamai’s intelligent edge platform surrounds everything, from the enterprise to the cloud, so customers and their businesses can be fast, smart, and secure. Top brands globally rely on Akamai to help them realize competitive advantage through agile solutions that extend the power of their multi-cloud architectures. Akamai keeps decisions, apps, and experiences closer to users than anyone — and attacks and threats far away. Akamai’s portfolio of edge security, web, and mobile performance, enterprise access, and video delivery solutions is supported by unmatched customer service, analytics, and 24/7/365 monitoring.

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