COMPUTER ASSOCIATES NAMES ROBERT
B. LAMM CORPORATE SECRETARY/DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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New Appointment Underscores CA's
Commitment To "Gold Standard" in Corporate Governance
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ISLANDIA, N.Y., October 31, 2002 – Computer Associates
International, Inc. (NYSE: CA) today announced the appointment of
Robert B. Lamm as Corporate Secretary and Director of Corporate
Governance, which is a new position at the Company. Mr. Lamm will be
responsible for the ongoing development and implementation of CA's
corporate governance programs and policies, as well as maintaining
the Company’s relationships with institutional investors on
corporate governance-related topics.
“Bob Lamm is a man
of extraordinary experience and integrity,” said CA President and
CEO Sanjay Kumar. “He is ideally qualified to help achieve CA’s
objective of establishing itself as the ‘gold standard’ for
corporate governance.”
Mr. Lamm, 55, most
recently served as chair of the Securities and Corporate Governance
Practice Group at Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A., in West Palm
Beach, Florida. Before joining Gunster Yoakley, he was senior vice
president, general counsel and secretary of Hvide Marine
Incorporated (now Seabulk International, Inc.) in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida. He previously was vice president and secretary of W. R.
Grace & Co.
Mr. Lamm is a
25-year member and a former director of the American Society of
Corporate Secretaries and serves on the Society’s Securities Law and
Finance Committees. He frequently speaks on securities law,
corporate governance and related topics, appearing at programs
sponsored by the American Society of Corporate Secretaries and other
major organizations. He is also on the board of editors of The
Corporate Counsellor.
“I’m very excited
to be working with an executive team that is so committed to the
principles and practice of model corporate governance,” said Mr.
Lamm. “I believe that the work we do here will not only benefit CA
and its shareholders, but will also have a positive ‘ripple’ effect
on the entire high technology sector – as well as the corporate
community as a whole.”
Mr. Lamm received
his BA from Brandeis University and his JD from the University of
Pennsylvania. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association,
The Florida Bar (including its Business Law Section and Corporations
and Securities Committees) and the American Bar Association
(including its Business Law Section and Committee on Federal
Regulation of Securities). |
About Computer Associates
Computer Associates
International, Inc. (NYSE: CA)
delivers The Software That Manages eBusiness. CA’s world-class
solutions address all aspects of eBusiness management through
industry-leading brands: Unicenter for infrastructure management,
eTrust for security management, BrightStor for storage management,
CleverPath for portal and business intelligence, AllFusion for
application life cycle management, Advantage for data management and
application development, and Jasmine for object-oriented database
technology. Founded in 1976, CA serves organizations in more than
100 countries, including 99 percent of the Fortune 500 companies.
For more information, visit http://ca.com.
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