30 March 2015

Former Solectron CFO nominated for appointment to Veeco's board

Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA says that Susan Wang has been nominated for appointment to its board of directors. Her appointment is subject to shareholder approval, which is being sought at the firm's 2015 annual meeting of stockholders (scheduled to occur on 13 May).

Wang served as executive VP & chief financial officer of Solectron Corp (a global provider of electronics manufacturing services) until her retirement from Solectron in 2002. She joined Solectron as director, finance, in 1984 and served as CFO from 1989.

Prior to joining Solectron, Wang held financial and managerial positions at Xerox Corp, Westvaco Corp and Price Waterhouse & Co. She has served on several public and private company boards, and is currently on the board of Cirrus Logic Inc (a supplier of high-precision analog and digital signal processing components) as well as the boards of healthcare-related companies Nektar Therapeutics and Premier Inc. In addition, within the past five years, Wang served on the boards of Altera Corp (a programmable semiconductor company), RAE Systems Inc (a developer of sensory technology for hazardous materials), and Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd (a solar energy company).

Veeco says that, over the course of her career, Wang has played an integral role in several significant and complex governance matters, and has served on the audit committee (including as audit committee chair) on several of the boards she has joined. She has extensive expertise in financial, operational and strategic matters, together with senior management and public and private board experience.

"We look forward to benefiting from her significant experience as a valued member of the team," comments Veeco's chairman & CEO John R. Peeler. 

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