Chief Executive Officer and President, Eastman Kodak Company

Antonio M. Perez joined Kodak as President and Chief Operating Officer in April 2003. In October 2004, he was elected to the company's Board of Directors, and elected Chief Executive Officer on June 1, 2005.

Mr. Perez has extensive expertise in digital imaging technologies, stemming from a 25-year career at Hewlett-Packard Company, where he was a corporate vice president and a member of the company's Executive Council. As President of H-P's Consumer Business, Mr. Perez spearheaded the company's efforts in digital imaging and electronic publishing, and was responsible for developing and introducing a line of consumer products that generated worldwide revenue of more than $16 billion.

Prior to that assignment, Mr. Perez served as President and CEO of H-P's inkjet imaging business. During the five years in which Perez led the business, the installed base of inkjet printers grew from 17 million to 100 million worldwide, with total revenue of more than $10 billion.

In his career at H-P, Mr. Perez held a variety of positions in research and development, sales, manufacturing, marketing and management both in Europe and the United States. 
Just prior to joining Kodak, Mr. Perez served as an independent consultant for large investment firms, providing counsel on the effect of technology shifts on financial markets.
From June 2000 to December 2001, Mr. Perez was President and CEO of Gemplus International, where he led the effort to take the company public both on the Premier Marche in Paris and NASDAQ in December 2000. While at Gemplus, he transformed the company into the leading Smart Card-based solution provider in the fast-growing wireless and financial markets. In the first fiscal year, revenue at Gemplus grew 70%, from $700 million to $1.2 billion.

Mr. Perez is a member of the board of directors of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. and a member of the Business Roundtable. A native of Spain, Mr. Perez studied electronic engineering, marketing and business in Spain and France.

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