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| Three New Members to Atari Board of Directors Atari, Inc. announced the appointment of three new members to the Company's Board of Directors, bringing the total number of Atari directors to ten. Former president of NFL Enterprises and Former MGM Chief Financial Officer are to join Atari Board of Directors. Ronald C. Bernard has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors and will serve as the chairman of Atari's Audit Committee. Mr. Bernard, an independent director, is a 25-year veteran of Fortune 500 companies across several diverse, consumer-driven, entertainment industries. He previously served as CEO of Sekani, Inc., a provider of advanced media asset management services to businesses around the world, as well as President of NFL Enterprises overseeing new media, satellite programming, NFL Films and NFL International, and President of Viacom Network Enterprises responsible for the satellite programming, international, news channel and pay-per-view divisions. Michael G. Corrigan has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors, where he will serve on the Audit Committee. Mr. Corrigan, an independent director, currently is Co-founder and Principal of Shelbourne Capital Partners LLC and he is also a consultant to a number of entertainment and media companies. Previously, he served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. responsible for all financial, administrative and operational support functions of one of the entertainment industry's largest major motion picture studios. Evence-Charles Coppee has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Coppee is the Deputy Chief Operating Officer of Infogrames Entertainment S.A., the Company's majority shareholder, overseeing the operations of IESA's corporate management, including its finance, treasury, legal and human resources divisions. His principal assignment at Infogrames, which he joined in August 2005, is to help improve the Group's organization and capital structure. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President and joint Managing Director of the daily "Liberation". He also served other major French corporations using the skills developed as a consultant with Boston Consulting Group. Mssrs. Bernard, Corrigan and Coppee join Bruno Bonnell, James Ackerly (Chairman and President, Splinternet Communications, Inc.), Denis Guyennot (Executive Vice President, Wireless Applications, Infogrames Entertainment SA), Thomas Heymann (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Knowledge Learning Corporation), Ann Kronen (Consultant, Atari, Inc.), Thomas Schmider (Chief Operating Officer, Infogrames Entertainment SA) and David Ward (Wireless Industry Entrepreneur) on Atari's Board of Directors. As a result of the addition of the two new independent Directors, the Company has submitted the appropriate documentation to The Nasdaq Stock Market evidencing its compliance with Marketplace Rule 4350, currently meeting Marketplace listing requirements. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Game News :: home page |