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Kaspersky Lab Establishes New International Board of Directors(Market Wire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) WOBURN, MA, August 9 / MARKET WIRE/ -- Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of Internet threat management solutions that protect against viruses, spyware, hackers and spam, has announced the creation of a new Board of Directors. Responding to the rapid worldwide growth of the Company, the new Board has been shaped to have a broad representation from the Company's expanding world markets. The new Board will consist of nine members including shareholders and key Kaspersky Lab executives from around the globe. Natalya Kaspersky will assume the role of Chairman of the Board and Eugene Kaspersky has been appointed CEO. Other members of the board include Alexey De Mont De Rique, Vitaly Bezrodnykh, Evgeny Buyakin, Garry Kondakov, Andreas Lamm, Stephen Orenberg, and Harry Cheung. "Kaspersky Lab has been transformed from a small family run business into a global company in the ten years since its founding," said Natalya Kaspersky, now the newly elected Chairman of the Board, Kaspersky Lab. "Kaspersky Lab is emerging as an important player in the IT security market in the United States. The Company has achieved key leadership positions in multiple markets throughout Europe and is experiencing significant expansion in China and across Asia-Pac. Introducing top executives from our key local markets to the Board reflects an important milestone as we set forth to meet the needs of our customers around the globe." "We have an ambitious, but realistic goal -- to continue on the path toward becoming one of the top tier Internet security solution providers in the world," says Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of Kaspersky Lab. "On the one hand, we need the best technology possible to achieve this goal. On the other, the Company must have a modern corporate governance system in order to make and implement strategic decisions effectively." "This is an especially exciting time for the Company with the rapid acceptance of our products and solutions worldwide," said Stephen Orenberg, president, Kaspersky Lab, USA. "One of the important challenges the company faces today and in the near future is managing this rapid growth. The breadth of experience within this new Board adds the right kind of leadership to meet the expectations of our customers, business partners and the marketplace as a whole." About Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Lab delivers the world's most immediate protection against IT security threats, including viruses, spyware, crimeware, hackers, phishing, and spam. Kaspersky Lab products provide superior detection rates and the industry's fastest outbreak response time for home users, SMBs, large enterprises and the mobile computing environment. Kaspersky technology is also used worldwide inside the products and services of the industry's leading IT security solution providers. Learn more at www.kaspersky.com. For the latest on antivirus, anti-spyware, anti-spam and other IT security issues and trends, visit www.viruslist.com. Contact Information Jennifer Jewett SHIFT Communications + 1 617 779 1852 [email protected] Copyright 2007 Market Wire, Incorporated |