VANCOUVER, Feb. 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ - Ballard Power Systems
(NASDAQ: BLDP; TSX: BLDP) today announced that, effective
February 1, 2017 the Company has
appointed Ms. Duy-Loan ("Zee-Lon") Le to the Board of
Directors. Ms. Le retired in 2015 as the first and only woman
elected Senior Fellow at Texas Instruments Incorporated
(www.ti.com; $75B market cap),
closing out her distinguished 33-year career at the market-leading
organization. Ms. Le currently serves as a member of the board of
directors at National Instruments (www.ni.com) and at eSilicon
(www.esilicon.com). She chairs the compensation committee at both
companies.
Ian Bourne, Chairman of Ballard's
Board of Directors said, "Duy-Loan is highly accomplished and will
bring a tremendous wealth of experience and insight to the Ballard
board of directors. Her outstanding career at one of the world's
premier technology companies, including work in international
markets, complements the capabilities of our board and continues
the renewal process as Ballard seeks to leverage its market
leadership, scale the business and move toward profitability."
Ms. Le began her career at Texas Instruments as a memory design
engineer. She subsequently held senior leadership roles that
involved successful growth of numerous TI businesses around the
globe, including China. As a
Senior Fellow at Texas Instruments, she was responsible for
technology readiness and operational execution of the company's
multi-billion-dollar embedded processing business, including
overseeing the definition of technology requirements, directing
technology qualifications, leading critical product ramp and high
volume production, and managing internal execution.
Ms. Le is recognized as an NACD Board Leadership Fellow. Along
with her board positions at National Instruments and eSilicon, Ms.
Le also serves on the engineering advisory board at the
University of Texas' Cockrell College of Engineering, where she had
earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering
(Magna Cum Laude), and on the executive board for the University of Houston's Bauer College of Business, where she had earned
an MBA degree. Ms. Le is also a founding member and board director
at the Mona Foundation and at the Sunflower Mission, organizations
that provide educational opportunities for underprivileged children
around the world. As a professional engineer, Ms. Le also holds 24
patents.
About Ballard Power Systems
Ballard Power Systems
(NASDAQ: BLDP; TSX: BLDP) provides clean energy products that
reduce customer costs and risks, and helps customers solve
difficult technical and business challenges in their fuel cell
programs. To learn more about Ballard, please visit
www.ballard.com.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy securities. The Ballard
Common Shares have not been registered under the United States
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the securities laws of any
other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an
applicable exemption from registration requirements.
SOURCE Ballard Power Systems Inc.