Robert S. Attiyeh, Member of the Board of Directors, was elected to the board in 2003. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board's audit committee.

Mr. Attiyeh is a principal in the real estate investment firms of Beacon Hill Properties LLC and Yarlung LLC. He previously served Amgen from 1994 - 1998 as Senior Vice President, Finance and Corporate Development and as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Amgen, Mr. Attiyeh was a director of McKinsey and Company from 1967 - 1994. He was a Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco from 1987 - 1992 and served as Chairman of the Audit Review Committee of the Bank's Board from 1988 - 1992. He is currently on the Board of Directors of Source Precision Medicine of Boulder, Colorado, where he is Chairman of the Board's Audit Committee. Mr. Attiyeh holds a masters in business administration from Harvard and an electrical engineering degree from Cornell.

Mr. Attiyeh is a member of Class Three of the Board, with a term expiring at our 2012 annual meeting.

Mary B. Cranston, Member of the Board of Directors, was elected to the board in May of 2008. Ms. Cranston currently serves as a member of the Board's Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and Compensation Committee.

Ms. Cranston is currently a Senior Partner and Chair Emeritus of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, a Global 100 international law firm. Ms. Cranston was the Chief Executive Officer of the Pillsbury firm from 1998 until April 2006, and Chair of the firm from 1998 through the end of 2006. In this role, Ms. Cranston launched a six-year national and international expansion program that added 400 lawyers and seven offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia. In addition, she managed two of the largest law firm mergers in history, which increased the firm's annual gross revenues from $224 million to $574 million. Prior to becoming Chief Executive and Chair, Ms. Cranston was the litigation practice leader. She began her career at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in 1975.

Ms. Cranston is a member of Class One of the Board, with a term expiring at our 2010 annual meeting. Ms. Cranston currently serves on the Board of Directors of publicly traded Visa Inc., Juniper Networks Inc. and GrafTech International Ltd.

Richard J. Dahl, was appointed Chairman of the Board in May 2008. He was previously elected a Member of the Board of Directors in February 2008. Since 2004, Mr. Dahl has served as a Director of the NYSE listed IHOP Corporation where he presides as Chairman of the Audit Committee and was Chairman of the Special Committee of the Board formed to oversee IHOP's successful bid to acquire Applebee’s International.

From 2002 to 2007, he was employed by the Dole Food Company. He held various executive level positions with Dole including President, Chief Operating Officer and Director from 2004 to 2007 and Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director positions from 2002 to 2004.

Prior to his work at Dole, Mr. Dahl was President and Chief Operating Officer of NYSE listed Bank of Hawaii Corporation where he held positions of increasing responsibilities from 1981 to 2002.

Prior to Bank of Hawaii, Mr. Dahl spent 8 years with international Certified Public Accounting firm Ernst & Young.

Mr. Dahl is a member of Class Two of the Board, with a term expiring at the 2011 annual meeting.

Dr. Dwight W. Decker (age 59). Dr. Decker has served on the Board since September 1, 2009.

Dr. Decker has served as chairman and CEO of the board of Conexant Systems Inc., a publicly traded communications semiconductor company, since its formation in January 1999 as a spin-off from Rockwell International through February of 2004. At that time, Dr. Decker became chairman of the board, returning to the position of CEO in November 2004 until his retirement in July 2007. Dr. Decker remained the company's non-executive chairman of the board until August of 2008 and continues as a Director. Dr. Decker is non-executive chairman of the board and a director of Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. Dr. Decker is also non-executive chairman of the board and a director of BCD Semiconductor Manufacturing Limited, and a director of Newport Media, Inc. and Pacific Mutual Holding Company, none of which are publicly traded companies. He also serves as a director or member of numerous professional and civic organizations.

Dr. Decker is a member of Class Two of the Board, with a term expiring at our 2011 annual meeting.

Oleg Khaykin joined International Rectifier on March 1 2008 as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Khaykin brings to IR extensive global experience in the semiconductor industry, having served most recently as the Chief Operating Officer of Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMKR), a leading provider of semiconductor assembly and test services. At Amkor, he was responsible for all aspects of sales, marketing, R&D and manufacturing operations, including accountability for the development and implementation of corporate and business strategy, business development, strategic partnerships and IP management.

Prior to joining Amkor as Executive Vice President of Strategy and Business Development in 2003, Mr. Khaykin was Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at Conexant Systems Inc. and its spin-off Mindspeed Technologies Inc, where he held positions of increasing responsibilities from 1999 to 2003. Prior to Conexant, he was with The Boston Consulting Group, a leading international strategy and general management consulting firm, where he worked with many European and US firms on a broad range of business and management issues, including revenue growth strategies, operational improvement, M&A, divestitures, and turnaround and restructuring.

Mr. Khaykin holds a BSEE with University Honors from Carnegie-Mellon University and MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

Mr. Khaykin is a member of Class Three of the Board, with a term expiring at our 2012 annual meeting.

Thomas Lacey, Member of the Board of Directors, was elected to the board in March 2008. He currently serves as a member of the Board's Audit Committee.

Mr. Lacey currently serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Phoenix Technologies. Prior to joining Phoenix Technologies in February 2010, he served as Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Applied Materials’ SunFab Thin Film Solar Products since 2009, where he was responsible for all aspects of the turnkey solar thin-film production business.

Prior to Applied Materials, from 2006 to 2007, Mr. Lacey served as President of Flextronics International's Components Division, now Vista Point Technologies. Prior to Flextronics, Mr. Lacey was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International DisplayWorks, a liquid crystal display company, from 2004. At International DisplayWorks, Mr. Lacey significantly grew revenue, profit, market capitalization, achieved listing on the Nasdaq National Market, and ultimately led the sale of the company to Flextronics in 2006.

Prior to International DisplayWorks, Mr. Lacey spent 13 years at Intel Corporation in various positions including serving as Vice President and General Manager of Intel's Flash Products Group. During his tenure at Intel, Mr. Lacey also served as President of Intel Americas/Vice President of Sales and Marketing from 1998 to 2003. Prior to that, he served as Director Product Marketing/Business Management for Asia, Hong Kong after progressing through other management roles of increasing responsibility.

Mr. Lacey holds a Masters Business Administration degree from the Leavy School of Business at Santa Clara University and a BA in Computer Science at the University of California at Berkeley.

Mr. Lacey is a member of Class One of the Board, with a term expiring at our 2010 annual meeting.

Dr. James D. Plummer, Member of the Board of Directors, was elected to the board in 1994. Dr. Plummer currently serves as Chairman of the Board's Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.

Dr. Plummer is the Dean of the School of Engineering and the John M. Fluke Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. Dr. Plummer's research interests are in silicon integrated circuit devices and technology. Dr. Plummer is also a director of Intel Corporation and Leadis Technology Inc.

Dr. Plummer is a member of Class Three of the Board, with a term expiring at our 2012 annual meeting.

Barbara L. Rambo, Member Board of Directors, was elected to the Board in December 2009. Ms. Rambo currently serves as a member of the Board's Compensation Committee.

Ms. Rambo, is currently Chief Executive Officer at Taconic Management Services, a private management consulting and services company and a Director at PG&E Corporation (NYSE:PCG), Union Bank, N.A. and West Marine, Inc. Prior to Taconic Management Services, Ms. Rambo served as Chief Executive Officer of Nietech Corporation, a private consumer payments services company for the retail and financial services industries.

Prior to joining Nietech in 2002, Ms. Rambo served as Chief Executive Officer of OpenClose Technologies, a financial services company serving the mortgage banking industry. Previously, Ms. Rambo was with Bank of America, where she was Group Executive Vice President and Head of National Commercial Banking, the third largest business in the Bank of America organization at that time. Ms. Rambo previously oversaw the U.S. Corporate business in the East for Bank of America. Ms. Rambo began her career in the international banking division of Bank of America in New York.

Ms. Rambo was elected to serve a Board term scheduled to expire at the Company's 2012 annual meeting.

Dr. Jack O. Vance, Member of the Board of Directors, was elected to the board in 1988. Dr. Vance currently serves as a member of the Board's Audit Committee and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.

From May 18, 2007 until May 2008, Dr. Vance served as lead outside director of the Company. Dr. Vance is the Managing Director of Management Research, Inc., a management consulting firm, which he founded in 1989. From 1973 to 1989, he was the Managing Partner of the Los Angeles office of McKinsey & Company and served on the Executive Committee of that firm's board of directors from 1962 to 1989. Dr. Vance serves as a member of the board of several private companies, including King's Fish Company and Flowline, Inc. Dr. Vance received a BS from the University of Louisville, an MBA from the Wharton School of Commerce and Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D. from Southwest University.

Dr. Vance is a member of Class One of the Board, with a term expiring at our 2010 annual meeting.

Dr. Rochus E. Vogt, Member of the Board of Directors, was elected to the board in 1984. Dr. Vogt currently serves as a member of the Board's Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and a Chairman of the Compensation Committee.

Dr. Vogt is the R. Stanton Avery Distinguished Service Professor and Professor of Physics, Emeritus, at California Institute of Technology. He is a member of the Science and Technology Committee of the Board of Governors of Los Alamos National Security, LLC and Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. Dr. Vogt previously served as Chief Scientist of JPL and as Provost of California Institute of Technology.

Dr. Vogt is a member of Class Two of the Board, with a term expiring at the 2011 annual meeting.

Oleg Khaykin joined International Rectifier on March 1 2008 as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Khaykin brings to IR extensive global experience in the semiconductor industry, having served most recently as the Chief Operating Officer of Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMKR), a leading provider of semiconductor assembly and test services. At Amkor, he was responsible for all aspects of sales, marketing, R&D and manufacturing operations, including accountability for the development and implementation of corporate and business strategy, business development, strategic partnerships and IP management.

Prior to joining Amkor as Executive Vice President of Strategy and Business Development in 2003, Mr. Khaykin was Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at Conexant Systems Inc. and its spin-off Mindspeed Technologies Inc, where he held positions of increasing responsibilities from 1999 to 2003. Prior to Conexant, he was with The Boston Consulting Group, a leading international strategy and general management consulting firm, where he worked with many European and US firms on a broad range of business and management issues, including revenue growth strategies, operational improvement, M&A, divestitures, and turnaround and restructuring.

Mr. Khaykin holds a BSEE with University Honors from Carnegie-Mellon University and MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

Mr. Khaykin is a member of Class Three of the Board, with a term expiring at our 2012 annual meeting.

Ilan Daskal joined IR in October 2008 as Chief Financial Officer and is responsible for all finance and accounting functions at the company.

Mr. Daskal brings more than 20 years of technology industry financial and strategic planning experience to International Rectifier. Prior to joining IR, Mr. Daskal most recently served as Vice President of Finance & Business Administration for Infineon Technologies (NYSE:IFX), North American Communications Business Group.

Prior to joining Infineon in 2001, Mr. Daskal held senior financial management and strategy positions at several Israeli technology companies, including Savan Communication, a firm that was acquired by Infineon under Mr. Daskal's strategic direction as CFO.

Mr. Daskal holds a BA in Accounting from the Tel-Aviv College of Business and an MS in Finance from the City University of New York.

Michael Barrow joined International Rectifier (IR) in April 2008 as Chief Operations Officer and he is responsible for implementing strategies to build a world-class manufacturing organization.

Mr. Barrow brings 30 years of computing, semiconductor and operational leadership experience to IR, having served with, Amkor Technology, Intel and Unisys.

While at Amkor, Mr. Barrow most recently served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Flip Chip and Wafer Level Business Unit leader where he was responsible for the strategic direction/business growth and P&L of the business unit.

Prior to Amkor, Mr. Barrow spent 12 years at Intel, as Technology General Manager of Intel’s Communications Group and Technology Manager of Intel’s Chip Set Group. Before joining Intel, Mr. Barrow held positions at Unisys in increasing levels of responsibility having begun his career as a power design engineer at Electro Pacific Inc.

Mr. Barrow holds a BSEE/BSME degree from Natal Technikon (Institute of Technology), Durban, South Africa and holds 22 United States Patents and Invention Awards.

Timothy E. Bixler joined International Rectifier (IR) in July 2008 as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. He is currently responsible for management of the legal function of the Company including directing the Company's legal affairs, providing legal counsel to the Board of Directors, management and employees and creating strong working relationships with the business units and functions.

Mr. Bixler most recently served as Senior Counsel for General Electric's Homeland Protection business. He joined General Electric in 2001 as Business Counsel for GE Plastics. Prior to joining General Electric, Mr. Bixler was General Counsel for eMD.com, a start-up health care services delivery company and also served as counsel for Ashland Inc./APAC, Inc. beginning in 1996. He also spent three years at the law firm of Arnall Golden & Gregory in Atlanta, Georgia.

Mr. Bixler holds a Bachelors Degree in Chemistry from Yale University and a J.D. from Cornell Law School.