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SAN JOSE, Calif. Sept. 9, 2009 -- Cisco Systems, Inc. today
announced the appointment of Arun Sarin,
former CEO of Vodafone Group
Plc, to its Board of Directors effective September 9, 2009. Sarin
previously served on Cisco's board from 1998 to 2003.
"We are extremely pleased to welcome Arun back to Cisco's board of
directors," said John Chambers, Cisco Chairman and CEO. "His lifelong
experience and leadership within the global telecommunications sector
will be invaluable to Cisco. No one knows mobility and
telecommunications better than Arun and we're glad to have him rejoin
our board."
 Sarin, 54, was CEO of Vodafone from 2003 until July of 2008. Prior
he led Accel-KKR Telecom; InfoSpace, Inc. and AirTouch International
all as CEO. Previously he worked at Pacific Telesis Group in a variety
of executive positions. He also currently serves on the board of
directors of Safeway Inc.
With the appointment of Sarin, Cisco's board now consists of 13
members, including Carol A. Bartz, CEO, Yahoo! Inc.; M. Michele Burns,
Chairman and CEO, Mercer LLC; Michael D. Capellas, Chair and CEO, First
Data Corporation; Larry R. Carter, Former SVP, Office of the Chairman
and CEO, Cisco Systems, Inc.; John T. Chambers, Chairman and CEO, Cisco
Systems, Inc.; Brian L. Halla, Chairman and CEO, National Semiconductor
Corporation; John L. Hennessy, Ph.D., President, Stanford University;
Richard M. Kovacevich, Chairman, Wells Fargo & Company; Roderick C.
McGeary, Chairman, BearingPoint, Inc.; Michael K. Powell, Chairman, MK
Powell Group, LLC and Senior Advisor, Providence Equity Partners Inc.;
Steven M. West, Founder and Partner, Emerging Company Partners LLC; and
Jerry Yang, Co-founder and Chief Yahoo!, Yahoo! Inc.
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