Eric K. Brandt

Member of the Board, Broadcom Foundation
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Broadcom Corporation

Eric K. Brandt is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Broadcom Corporation. Mr. Brandt is responsible for overseeing the long-term financial development of the company in multiple high-growth markets, mergers and acquisitions, interfacing with the financial community and managing the company's internal financial and administrative operations. Mr. Brandt has extensive experience in research and development and intellectual property-intensive industries. Mr. Brandt has served in this role as since joining Broadcom in March 2007. Previously, from September 2005 to March 2007, Mr. Brandt served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Avanir Pharmaceuticals, a developer of novel therapeutic products for the treatment of chronic diseases. Prior to Avanir, Mr. Brandt was Executive Vice President-Finance and Technical Operations and Chief Financial Officer of Allergan Inc., a global specialty pharmaceutical and medical device company where he also held a number of other senior positions following his arrival there in 1999. Previously, Mr. Brandt spent 10 years with The Boston Consulting Group, a privately-held global business consulting firm, most recently serving as Vice President and Partner and as a senior member of the firm's heath care practice. In addition, while at BCG he led the North American operations practice and had experience advising computer and telecommunications clients.

Mr. Brandt received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.