A seasoned executive with a long history in Silicon Valley — not to mention one familiar with the company. Whitman, 55, has been an HP director since early this year.

现年55岁的惠特曼长期在硅谷打拼，是一位经验丰富的高管，而且她在今年年初成为惠普公司董事，对公司也非常了解。

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Perkins, who was a director at HP (HPQ) before his resignation in May 2006, has said that he helped recruit Mark Hurd to the CEO spot at that company.

珀金斯曾在惠普公司（HP）担任董事，并于2006年5月辞职。 他认为公司能招募到马克•赫德并出任CEO，自己功不可没。

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Lane became executive chairman after Apotheker was ousted in 2012 and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, an HP director at the time, was elevated to CEO.

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The scandal erupted after HP director Tom Perkins complained about the tactics used in the probe, eventually leading to the departure of Dunn, who authorized the probe, from HP's board of directors.

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"What was lacking was a real cross-company approach, " says Felice Swapp , HP's director of strategic initiatives.

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