[October 14, 2008] Edwards Named To Flextronics Board Tweet (InvesTrend Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) October 14, 2008 (FinancialWire) -- Robert L. Edwards has been appointed to the board of Flextronics (NASDAQ: FLEX) (Current Market Cap: US$4.42 Bil.) He serves as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY). Edwards, who was appointed to his current position with Safeway in March 2004, was previously executive vice president and chief financial officer of Maxtor. Prior to joining Maxtor, he was at Imation, where he held the position of senior vice president, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer. Richard L. Sharp has formally retired from the Flextronics board concurrently with the appointment of Edwards. Singapore-based Flextronics offers electronics design, engineering and manufacturing services to automotive, computing, consumer digital, industrial, infrastructure, medical and mobile OEMs. FinancialWire is a fully independent, proprietary news wire service of Investrend Information (a division of Investrend Communications, Inc.). FinancialWire news is written by professional journalists, dedicated to pure journalistic standards. FinancialWire does not receive or accept any compensation from any individual or subject company (or representative thereof) for its news or opinions. All FinancialWire news is available at http://www.financialwire.net . Please address any inquiries to [email protected] . Free annual reports for companies mentioned in the news are available at http://investrend.ar.wilink.com/?level=279 . (Distributed for Investrend Communications, Inc. via M2 Communications Ltd (www.m2.com)) Copyright ? 2008 M2 Communications Ltd. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]