36 Dialog Semiconductor Plc | Annual report and accounts 2012 |  Section 3 | Management and governance Board of Directors Gregorio joined the Board in December 2003.  He has been working the semiconductor,  data storage, magnetic recording and  telecommunications industry since 1962.  Gregorio began his career with National  Semiconductor, followed by executive positions  with Motorola Inc. and Fairchild Semiconductor  Inc. He was President and CEO of National  Micronetics from 1981 to 1984, and Chairman  and CEO of American Semiconductor  Equipment Technologies from 1986 to 1990.  He co-founded Sunward Technologies in 1985 and was Chairman and CEO until 1994.  He is currently non-executive Chairman of LSI Corporation and a non-executive Director of Seagate Technology. Jalal is a non-executive director of Lime  Microsystems Ltd since 2005 and the Chairman  of Global Semiconductor Association Europe  since 2011. He has a BSc (Hons) in Electronics  Engineering from Essex University, and holds  a PhD in Electronics from Kent University, UK.  Chris joined the Board in July 2006. He has a  career of 30 years in Telecoms and Technology.  Post his degree in Computer Science in 1982,  he spent 15 years in Nortel Research and  Development. Followed by Technology Business  Leadership roles as Chief Technology Officer  (CTO) in Energis Communications (at time of  IPO into the London Stock Exchange), then CTO  at Vodafone UK Ltd. Post-Vodafone Chris has  made over 20 technology investments from his  own investment fund, founded/co-founded  a number of start-up companies, and provides  a Strategy and Technology Advisory service for  some of the biggest technology manufacturers  in the industry as well both private and venture  investors. Presently Chris serves on the public  company boards of Kontron, Tranzeo Wireless,  as well as the private company boards of Aicent,  One Access, Navmii and Muzicall. Aidan joined the Board in October 2004.  He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with  Price Waterhouse in the 1980s before taking  senior accountant roles at Lex Service Plc and  Carlton Communications Plc. He was Finance  Director of the Sage Group Plc from 1993 until  2000 and, from December 2001 to August  2004, was a director of Communisis Plc. He is a director of, and investor in, a number of UK private technology companies. Jalal joined Dialog as CEO and an executive  board director in September 2005. He was  previously Vice President & General Manager  of the Mobile Multimedia business unit for  Broadcom Corporation. Prior to that Jalal was  the CEO of Alphamosaic, a venture-funded  silicon start-up company in Cambridge, focusing on video processing chips for mobile  applications. He has extensive experience  of the semiconductor industry, through his  previous professional and executive positions  at Sony Semiconductor and Texas Instruments,  managing semiconductor product businesses  and working with customers in the Far East,  Europe and North America. Gregorio Reyes Aidan Hughes Chris Burke Dr Jalal Bagherli Chairman Non-executive Director Non-executive Director,  Chairman of Audit Committee Chief Executive Officer