Biography

Mr. Brandt has previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Broadcom Corporation, a Fortune 500 high-tech company, from 2007 to 2009 and then as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer with Broadcom from 2010 to 2016. From September 2005 until March 2007, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer at Avanir Pharmaceuticals. Beginning in 1999, he held various positions at Allergan, Inc., including Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer until 2001, President of Consumer Eye Care from 2001 to 2002, and 2005 until his departure, Executive Vice President of Finance and Technical Operations and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Allergan, he was Vice President and Partner at Boston Consulting Group (‘‘BCG’’), and a senior member of the BCG Health Care and Operations practices. He serves on the Board of Directors for LAM Research Corporation as the Chair of its Compensation and Human Resources Committee and as a member of its Nominating and Governance Committee, on the Board of Directors of The Macerich Company as a member of its Compensation Committee and as Chair of its Capital Allocation Committee, and on the Board of Directors of Gen Digital Inc. (formerly NortonLifeLock Inc.) as Chair of its Audit Committee. Mr. Brandt also served as a director of Yahoo! Inc. from 2016 to 2017 and served as a director of Altaba Inc. (formerly Yahoo! Inc.), as chairman of the Board of Directors from January 2017 through December 31, 2021, and has served as Altaba’s Lead Independent Director since January 1, 2022.