– UK, London – Pearson plc (LON: PSON), today announced the appointments of Omid Kordestani as a Non-Executive Director and Chair-Designate, effective from 1st March 2022 succeeding Sidney Taurel as Non-Executive Chair upon the AGM in April 2022.
The company also announced that Senior Independent Director, Tim Score as Deputy-Chair Designate.
About Omid Kordestani
Omid Kordestani brings significant experience of leading and advising some of the world’s best-known consumer technology brands, which will further Pearson’s ambition to accelerate its digital, lifelong learning strategy. Over his 30 years in Silicon Valley, Omid has played key roles in the growth and success of internet pioneers Netscape, Google, and Twitter.
Most recently, Omid spent five years as the Executive Chair of Twitter, Inc. and continues to sit on its Board. Before that, Omid was SVP and CBO at Google, where he also served as a senior advisor to the CEO and founders during the transition to Alphabet, Inc. He serves on the Boards of Klarna Bank and Klarna Holding and is an Executive Council member at Balderton Capital, which backs early-stage companies in Europe.
Omid Kordestani is an international businessman who serves on the boards of Twitter, Inc., Klarna Bank A,B and Klarna Holding AB and is a Council Member for Balderton Capital. He was Executive Chairman of Twitter, Inc between October 2015 and May 2020. From August 2014 to August 2015, M.r Kordestani served as SVP and CBO at Google and previously from May 1999 to April 2009 as SVP of Global Sales and Business Development. From 1995 to 1999, M.r Kordestani served as VP of Business Development at Netscape Communications Corporation. Before joining Netscape Communications Corporation, M.r Kordestani held positions in business development, product management, and marketing at The 3DO Company, Go Corporation and Hewlett-Packard Company.
M.r Kordestani holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from San Jose State University and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.
About Tim Score
Tim is Senior Independent Director, Chair of the Audit Committe,e and Member of the Nomination & Governance and Remuneration Committees at Pearson. He has extensive experience in the technology sector in both developed and emerging markets, having served as CFO of ARM Holdings plc, the world’s leading semiconductor IP company, for 13 years. He is Chair of The British Land Company plc and a Non-Executive Director of Bridgepoint Group. He served on the board of National Express Group plc from 2005 to 2014, including time as interim Chairman and six years as the Senior Independent Director. He is an independent director of the Football Association and sits on the board of trustees of the Royal National Theatre.
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