Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ:STX), a world leader in storage
solutions, today announced that Dr. Dambisa Moyo has been elected to the
Company’s Board of Directors. Dr. Moyo was elected at Seagate’s Annual
General Meeting of Shareholders held on October 21, 2015.
“Dambisa brings tremendous expertise and a broad point of view through
her knowledge and deep understanding of macroeconomic issues and global
policy,” said Steve Luczo, Seagate’s chairman and chief executive
officer. “On behalf of the full Board, we are pleased to welcome her to
and look forward to her many contributions to Seagate.”
Dr. Moyo is a global economist and current board member at Barclays Bank
PLC, Barrick Gold Corporation and SABMiller PLC. Her previous experience
includes serving as an economist for Goldman Sachs’ debt capital
markets, hedge fund coverage and global macroeconomics teams for almost
a decade. She is the author of the New York Times bestsellers: Dead
Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way for Africa,
How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly and Stark
Choices Ahead, and Winner Take All: China’s Race for Resources
and What it Means for the World.
Dr. Moyo holds an undergraduate degree in chemistry and an MBA in
finance from American University in Washington, D.C., as well as a
master’s degree from Harvard University and a PhD in economics from
Oxford University.
About Seagate
Seagate creates space for the human experience by innovating how data is
stored, shared and used. Learn more at www.seagate.com.
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