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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Terence Matthews

 69 2001 Chairman of the Board

Richard McBee

 49 2011 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Steven Spooner

 54 2003 Chief Financial Officer

Ronald Wellard

 54 2011 Executive Vice-President, General Manager - Mitel Communications Solutions

Graham Bevington

 52 2011 Executive Vice President - Sales, Service, Marketing International

Joe Vitalone

 2013 Executive Vice President - Sales, Americas

Martyn Etherington

 38 2012 Chief Marketing Officer

Gwilym Funnell

 40 2009 Vice President, Managing Director, Asia-Pacific Region

Timothy Gaines

 2013 Vice President - Sales, Caribbean and Latin America

Tom Lang

 2012 Vice President - Canadian Sales

Jeff Nolan

 2012 Vice President - Channel Development, North America

Jon Brinton

 47 2011 General Manager - Mitel Netsolutions

Ryan Donovan

 36 2011 General Manager - Mitel DataNet

Peter Charbonneau

 58 2001 Lead Independent Director

Donald Smith

 64 2011 Director

Benjamin Ball

 46 2007 Independent Director

Jean-Paul Cossart

 65 2007 Independent Director

Andrew Kowal

 35 2009 Independent Director

John McHugh

 51 2010 Independent Director

Henry Perret

 66 2010 Independent Director

Norman Stout

 54 2007 Independent Director
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Name Description

Terence Matthews

 Dr. Terence Hedley Matthews is Chairman of the Board of Mitel Networks Corp. He is founder, Chairman and a shareholder. Dr. Matthews has been a member of board of directors since February 16, 2001 and has been involved with the company and previously with Mitel Corporation (re-named Zarlink Semiconductor Inc. and recently acquired by Microsemi Corporation), for over 20 years. In 2001, companies controlled by Dr. Matthews purchased a controlling interest in Mitel Corporation’s communications systems division and the “Mitel” trademarks to form Mitel. Between 1986 and 2000, Dr. Matthews founded Newbridge Networks Corporation and served as its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman. Dr. Matthews is also the founder and Chairman of Wesley Clover International Corporation, an investment group with offices in the United Kingdom and Canada with investments in a broad range of next-generation technology companies, real estate and hotels and resorts. In addition, Dr. Matthews is currently Chairman, or serves on the board of directors, of a number of high technology companies including CounterPath Corporation, TrueContext Corporation, Solace Systems and DragonWave Inc. He also resigned from Bridgewater Systems Inc. in August 2011, which is now a division of Amdocs Corporation. Dr. Matthews holds an honors degree in electronics from the University of Wales, Swansea and is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical Engineers and of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He has been awarded honorary doctorates by several universities, including the University of Wales, Glamorgan and Swansea, and Carleton University in Ottawa. In 1994, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, and in the 2001 Queen’s Birthday Honours, he was awarded a Knighthood. In 2011, he was appointed Patron of the Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute at Cardiff University.

Richard McBee

 Mr. Richard D. McBee is President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Mitel Networks Corp. He brings more than 20 years of experience in telecommunications to the Company, was appointed to the role of President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2011. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. McBee served as President of the Communications & Enterprise Group of Danaher Corporation. In this role, he was responsible for annual sales derived from carrier, enterprise, and SMB markets via both direct sales and channel partners. Mr. McBee joined Danaher in 2007 as President, Tektronix Communications, following the acquisition by Danaher of Tektronix. During his 15 years with Tektronix, he held a variety of positions including Senior Vice President and General Manager, Communications Business Unit; Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Service and Marketing; and Vice President of Marketing & Strategic Initiatives. Mr. McBee holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Chapman School of Business and Economics and graduated from the United States Air Force Academy with a Bachelor of Science in 1986.

Steven Spooner

 Mr. Steven E. Spooner is Chief Financial Officer of Mitel Networks Corp. He joined the Company in June 2003 as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Spooner has more than 25 years of financial, administrative and operational experience with companies in the high technology and telecommunications sectors. Between April 2002 and June 2003, he was an independent management consultant for various technology companies. From February 2000 to March 2002, Mr. Spooner was President and Chief Executive Officer of Stream Intelligent Networks Corp., a competitive access provider and supplier of point-to-point high speed managed bandwidth. From February 1995 to February 2000, Mr. Spooner served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CrossKeys Systems Corporation, a publicly traded company between 1997 and 2001. Prior to that, Mr. Spooner was Vice President Finance and Corporate Controller of SHL Systemhouse Inc., also a publicly traded company. He held progressively senior financial management responsibilities at Digital Equipment of Canada Ltd. from 1984 to 1990 and at Wang Canada Ltd. from 1990 to 1992. Mr. Spooner is an honours Commerce graduate of Carleton University. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario and in 2011 was elected by the Institute as a Fellow of the Institute in recognition of career achievements and leadership contributions to the community and to the profession. Mr. Spooner also holds the ICD.D certification, having completed the Directors’ Education Program of the Institute of Corporate Directors of Canada.

Ronald Wellard

 Mr. Ronald G. Wellard is Executive Vice-President, General Manager - Mitel Communications Solutions of Mitel Networks Corp. He joined the Company in December 2003 as Vice President, R&D, then held the position of Executive Vice-President of Product Development and Operations. In May, 2011, Mr. Wellard was appointed Executive Vice-President and General Manager, Mitel Communications Solutions. Prior to July 2003, Mr. Wellard was a Vice President at Nortel Networks Corporation and held the position of Product Development Director for Meridian Norstar from 1994 to 1999. Mr. Wellard has a Bachelor of Applied Science, Systems Design Engineering degree from the University of Waterloo.

Graham Bevington

 Mr. Graham Bevington is Executive Vice President - Sales, Service, Marketing International of Mitel Networks Corp. He was appointed Executive Vice President, Sales Service, Marketing International in May 2011 and was previously Vice President and Managing Director of the Europe, Middle East and Africa Region since February 2001. Between January 2000 and February 2001, Mr. Bevington held the same position for Mitel Corporation (re-named Zarlink Semiconductor Inc. and recently acquired by Microsemi Corporation). From 1997 until December 1999, he was Managing Director at DeTeWe Limited. From 1986 until 1997, Mr. Bevington was Sales Director at Shipton DeTeWe Limited.

Joe Vitalone

 Mr. Joe Vitalone has been appointed as Executive Vice President - Sales, Americas of Mitel Networks Corporation effective March 12, 2013. A seasoned veteran with more than 25 years of sales and business development experience in telecom and technology industries, Mr. Vitalone joins Mitel from Shoretel where he most recently held the position of vice president of Channel Management. Mr. Vitalone has also held senior sales management positions at LifeSize Communications, Polycom, and CoVi Technologies, as well as PictureTel, AT&T Wireless, and a previous role at Mitel.

Martyn Etherington

 Mr. Martyn B. Etherington has been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer of Mitel Networks Corp with effect from August 27, 2012. In this capacity, Mr. Etherington assumes oversight responsibility for all aspects of Mitel's corporate marketing strategy and programs globally. With more than 25 years of experience with multinational technology companies, including IBM, Sequent Computer Systems and Digital Equipment Corp., and a proven record for global brand building and sales growth, Mr. Etherington joins Mitel from Tektronix, where he recently held the position of vice-president, worldwide marketing. An awarding-winning marketing executive acknowledged for his digital marketing experience, Mr. Etherington is a member of the advisory committee and vice-chair of the Chief Marketing Officer Council in North America.

Gwilym Funnell

 Mr. Gwilym R. Funnell is Vice President and Managing Director, Asia-Pacific Region of Mitel Networks Corp. He joined Mitel in May 2002 as General Manager for South Pacific Region. Since May 2008, Mr. Funnell has held a role in marketing for the Asia Pacific region and in November 2008 was appointed Vice President and Managing Director, Asia Pacific Region. Prior to that he was the General Manager for March Networks Corporation from August 2001. Between 1990 and 2000 Mr. Funnell held progressively senior positions with Newbridge Networks Corporation and its affiliated companies. Following the acquisition of Newbridge by Alcatel-Lucent S.A., he held the position of Director of Solutions Marketing for Asia Pacific for the Carrier Internetworking Division. Mr. Funnell has over 20 years of experience in the information technology and telecommunications industry and holds a Bachelor of Engineering Honours degree from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.

Timothy Gaines

 Mr. Timothy Gaines has been appointed as Vice President - Sales, Caribbean and Latin America of Mitel Networks Corp., with effect from 8 May 2013. A seasoned executive sales leader, Mr. Gaines has held senior management positions at several companies, including ShoreTel, where for the last six years he was the western regional vice-president of sales and most recently the vice-president of sales, North America. Prior to that, Mr. Gaines was vice-president of sales at Covad Communications (now MegaPath) and general manager for a U.S. subsidiary of Fujitsu.

Tom Lang

 Mr. Tom Lang has been appointed as Vice President - Canadian Sales of Mitel Networks Corporation with effect from October 3, 2012. He brings more than 20 years of sales management experience in both the Canadian and US technology sectors. Mr. Lang comes to Mitel from Bell Canada where he most recently held the position of general manager, Bell Business Markets in Ontario, generating year-over-year business growth and expansion. In addition, Mr. Lang brings to Mitel experience software sales teams at Parametric Technology Corporation and Selectica to double-digit growth. During his tenure at Bell, he also held senior positions within Bell Gateways, the small medium business (SMB) market, as well as Professional and Consulting Services.

Jeff Nolan

 Mr. Jeff Nolan has been appointed as Vice President - Channel Development, North America of Mitel Networks Corporation with effect from October 3, 2012. In this role Mr. Nolan is responsible for strategic channel management, ongoing development of new channel partnerships, recruitment strategies, and all operational aspects of channel program delivery in the region. Mr. Nolan previously spent six years as head of Mitel sales in Canada where he and his team established the company as the country's clear number-two business communications vendor with 25 percent market share for IP desktop extensions, according to the most recent (Q2 2012) report published by MZA Ltd. Mr. Nolan also previously served as Mitel's regional sales director for the northeastern United States.

Jon Brinton

 Mr. Jon Brinton is General Manager - Mitel Netsolutions of Mitel Networks Corp. Mr. Brinton was appointed General Manager, Mitel Netsolutions, networks services division in May 2011. Mr. Brinton joined the Company in 1999 through the acquisition of his own corporation, Network Services Agency, Inc. by Inter-Tel Technologies, Inc. (now known as Mitel Technologies, Inc.) Through the years, Mr. Brinton has held various positions within the Company including: Vice President of Networks Services, and President of Mitel NetSolutions, Inc. Mr. Brinton holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Grand Canyon University.

Ryan Donovan

 Mr. Ryan Donovan is General Manager - Mitel DataNet of Mitel Networks Corp. He was recently appointed General Manager, Mitel DataNet. Mr. Donovan joined the Company in 1999 through the acquisition of McLeod USA by Inter-Tel Technologies, Inc., now known as Mitel Technologies, Inc. Through the years, Mr. Donovan has held various positions within the Company including: DataNet Technology Consultant, DataNet National Sales Manager, and Mitel DataNet CommSource National Director of Sales. Mr. Donovan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Management degree from University of Sioux Falls as well as an Associates Degree of Applied Science in Business Administration from Southeast Technical Institute.

Peter Charbonneau

 Mr. Peter Dominic Charbonneau is Lead Independent Director of Mitel Networks Corp. He is a General Partner at Skypoint Capital Corporation, an early-stage technology venture capital firm, a position he has held since January 2001. From June 2000 to December 2000, Mr. Charbonneau was an Executive Vice President of March Networks Corporation. Mr. Charbonneau was appointed to board of directors on February 16, 2001. Prior to his involvement with March Networks Corporation, Mr. Charbonneau spent 13 years at Newbridge Networks Corporation acting in numerous capacities including as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, President and Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman. He also served as a member of Newbridge Networks Corporation’s board of directors between 1996 and 2000. Mr. Charbonneau currently serves on the board of directors of a number of other companies, the majority of which are technology companies, including CounterPath Corporation, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Teradici Corporation, and True Context Corporation. He resigned from the Board of March Networks Corporation, which was recently acquired by Infinova (Canada) Limited. Mr. Charbonneau holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Ottawa and an MBA from University of Western Ontario. He has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario since 1979 and in June 2003 was elected by the Institute as a Fellow of the Institute in recognition of career achievements and leadership contributions to the community and to the profession. Mr. Charbonneau also holds the ICD.D certification, having completed the Directors’ Education Program of the Institute of Corporate Directors of Canada.

Donald Smith

 Mr. Donald W. Smith is Director of Mitel Networks Corp. He joined the Company in April 2001 as Chief Executive Officer and a member of board of directors. He retired from his position as Chief Executive Officer in January 2011 but remains on board of directors. Mr. Smith has more than 30 years of experience in the communications technology industry, including over six years at Mitel Corporation (re-named Zarlink Semiconductor Inc. and recently acquired by Microsemi Corporation) which he joined in 1979 as a Product Manager and left in 1986, after over four years at the Executive Vice President level. He later founded and became President and Chief Executive Officer of Cambrian Systems Corporation, which was acquired by Nortel Networks Corporation. While with Nortel, Mr. Smith became Vice President and General Manager of OPTera Solutions, a division of Nortel and in January 2000, Mr. Smith was promoted to President of Optical Internet, Nortel. Mr. Smith holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Imperial College, London University.

Benjamin Ball

 Mr. Benjamin H. Ball is Independent Director of Mitel Networks Corp. He is a Founding Partner of Francisco Partners Management, LLC, which is a private equity firm focused exclusively on investing in the information technology market. Mr. Ball focuses primarily on investments in the communications and hardware systems sectors. Mr. Ball was appointed to board of directors on October 23, 2007. He also serves on the board of directors of Data Connection, Electrical Components International, WatchGuard and WebTrends. Prior to founding Francisco Partners, Mr. Ball was a Vice President with TA Associates where he led private equity investments in the software, semiconductor and communications segments. Earlier in his career, Mr. Ball worked for AEA Investors, a New York-based private equity firm, and also for the consulting firm of Bain & Company. Mr. Ball holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Jean-Paul Cossart

 Mr. Jean-Paul Cossart is Independent Director of Mitel Network Corp. He is an Associate Director of Infoteria sas of France, a company that provides technological coaching. He has held this position since 2004. Mr. Cossart was appointed to board of directors on October 23, 2007. Prior to his involvement with Infoteria, Mr. Cossart was Vice President Strategy and Marketing of Cofratel sa since 2002, a company that provides PBX and LAN integration for the enterprise market and was a subsidiary of France Telecom. Mr. Cossart also held several positions at Alcatel sa. Mr. Cossart’s experience has spanned carrier, corporate and consumer markets; telephony, data/internet and broadcast services; and international development, global sales and marketing. Mr. Cossart currently serves on the board of directors of DragonWave Inc. He was also a member of the executive committee of the French chapter of the Institute of Directors, United Kingdom. Mr. Cossart holds an Electronic Engineering degree from Supélec (Ecole Supérieure d’Electricité).

Andrew Kowal

 Mr. Andrew J. Kowal is Independent Director of Mitel Networks Corp. Mr. Kowal was appointed to board of directors on July 2, 2009. Mr. Kowal is a Partner with Francisco Partners Management, LLC and has been with the firm since 2001. Mr. Kowal focuses primarily on investments in the semiconductor and hardware systems sectors. He has served on the board of directors of ADERANT Holdings, Inc., Magnachip Semiconductor LLC and Metrologic Instruments, Inc., and was a principal participant in the execution and management of Francisco Partners’ investments in AMI Semiconductor and Ultra Clean Technology. Prior to joining Francisco Partners in 2001, Mr. Kowal was a member of Princes Gate Investors, the private equity arm of the Institutional Securities Division of Morgan Stanley, where he was responsible for the identification, evaluation and execution of private equity transactions in a variety of industries, including information technology and hardware. Mr. Kowal holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics degree, summa cum laude, from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

John McHugh

 Mr. John P. McHugh is Independent Director of Mitel Networks Corp. Mr. McHugh was appointed to board of directors on March 12, 2010. Mr. McHugh is an enterprise networking industry veteran with almost 30 years of related experience. Mr. McHugh is the Chief Marketing Officer for Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., a public company which offers data center networking and end-to-end enterprise and service provider networking solutions. Prior to his current role, Mr. McHugh was Vice President and General Manager of Nortel Networks Limited’s Enterprise Network Solutions Business Unit and oversaw the restructuring and divestiture of that organization from Nortel. He also served briefly as a consultative executive at Silver Lake Management, L.L.C. where he worked on technology and company evaluations. Mr. McHugh also had a 26-year career at Hewlett-Packard Co., where he held a variety of executive management positions including Vice President and Worldwide General Manager of HP ProCurve. Mr. McHugh was responsible for global operations, sales, channels, marketing, R&D, strategic planning and business development. Mr. McHugh holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

Henry Perret

 Mr. Henry L. Perret is Independent Director of Mitel Networks Corp. Mr. Perret was appointed to board of directors on March 12, 2010. Mr. Perret is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas and also serves on its Board of Directors. Previously, he was employed by Zarlink Semiconductor (now Microsemi Corporation), where he was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Communication Products Group. Prior to joining Zarlink, Mr. Perret was President and Chief Executive Officer for Legerity, Inc., a communications company, from November 2003 to August 2007. From September 2001 to November 2003, he was the Chief Financial Officer for Legerity. Prior to joining Legerity, Mr. Perret was the Chief Financial Officer for Actel Corporation. Mr. Perret has also had financial roles at Applied Materials, Inc., National Semiconductor Corporation, Raytheon Semiconductor and General Electric Company. Mr. Perret holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from San Jose State University.

Norman Stout

 Mr. Norman Stout is Independent Director of Mitel Networks Corp. Mr. Stout was appointed to board of directors on October 23, 2007. Mr. Stout is a partner with True North Venture Partners L.P. since November 2011. Prior to joining True North, he was the chairman of Hypercom Corporation since December 2007. He had been a director of Hypercom Corporation since April 2003. Mr. Stout is also Chairman of the Board for EF Johnson Technologies, Inc., a company developing and selling secure land mobile systems and subscriber radios. He was also interim Chief Executive Officer for EF Johnson Technologies, Inc., from August 2010 until November 2010. He previously held the position of director and Chief Executive Officer of Inter-Tel from February 2006 to June 2008. He began his tenure at Inter-Tel in 1994 as a director. Four years later, he joined Inter-Tel as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and President of Inter-Tel Software and Services. Prior to joining Inter-Tel, Mr. Stout was Chief Operating Officer of Oldcastle Architectural Products and since 1996, Mr. Stout also had served as President of Oldcastle Architectural West. Mr. Stout held previous positions as President of Superlite Block; Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer (successively) of Boorhem-Fields, Inc. of Dallas, Texas; and as a Certified Public Accountant with Coopers & Lybrand. Mr. Stout holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from Texas A&M and an MBA from the University of Texas.

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