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•W.R. Kerr, prior to returning to Nortel Networks as Chief Financial Officer in March 2004, held various senior finance positions with Nortel Networks from January 1999 (and prior thereto) until his retirement in December 2001. He has also served as a director of Bank of China (Canada) since June 1, 1997;

•R.Y.L. Mao was, prior to returning to Nortel Networks in January 2003, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Foxconn (Beijing) Precision Component Industries, Ltd., a manufacturer of mobile communication terminal devices, from November 2002 to December 2002, and Chief Executive Officer, Nortel China, prior thereto;

•W.F. McCauley was a consultant prior to his appointment as Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer of Nortel Networks effective October 28, 2004. Mr. McCauley was engaged in consulting on various matters in a variety of industries during the period from 1998 until his appointment with Nortel Networks, except from September 1999 to June 2001 when he was a director of the Kyle Foundation, a non- profit enterprise engaged in causes associated with child cancer care. From August 2004 until his appointment as Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, he acted as an independent consultant to Nortel Networks on matters related to the ethics and compliance function of the Company and its subsidiaries. In addition, Mr. McCauley is currently a member of the respective advisory committees of Actuarial Consulting Group, a pension planning and execution enterprise, and High-Tech Engineering, a specialty steel and titanium manufacturing company, as well as the Ship Systems Advisory Committee of Northrop Grumman Corp., a company engaged in ship building, primarily for the U.S. Navy. He is also a director, and member of the investment and audit committees, of Pacific Specialty Insurance Group, a property and casualty insurance enterprise, a foundation trustee of the U.S. Naval Academy and a board trustee of Scripps Foundation, an organization engaged in the oversight of six hospitals in southern California;

•W.A. Owens was, prior to his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer in April 2004, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Teledesic LLC, a satellite communications company, from December 2001 to April 2004, after having served as Vice Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer from August 1998 to December 2001. Mr. Owens was Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Science Applications International Corporation (or SAIC), a research and engineering firm representing the largest employee-owned high technology company in the United States, from March 1996 to August 1998, and served as SAIC’s President and Chief Operating Officer from December 1996 to August 1998 and Vice-President from March 1996 to December 1996. Prior to joining SAIC, Mr. Owens was Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the second-ranking military officer in the United States. As part of his role with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he had responsibility for the reorganization and restructuring of the armed forces in the post- Cold War era. Mr. Owens is also a director of DaimlerChrysler AG. Mr. Owens was the Chairman and founder of a private five-state wireless telecommunication venture. Mr. Owens has been a director of the Company and Nortel Networks Limited since February 2002;

•R.E.C. Richardson was, prior to his appointment as Chief Marketing Officer effective October 1, 2004, Vice President, Global Marketing Enterprise Networks from April 2004 to September 2004. Mr. Richardson was a consultant from April 2003 to March 2004 and prior thereto was Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, and member of the board of directors, at T-Mobile UK, the UK wireless unit of Deutsche Telekom AG, from April 2001 to March 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Richardson was Vice President Worldwide Developer Relations and Worldwide Solutions Marketing, Apple Computer, a company engaged in the desktop and notebook computer industry as well as the production of operating systems and professional applications, from December 1997 to March 2001;

•C.R. Saffell, Jr. was, prior to his appointment as President, Federal Network Solutions in October, 2004, Senior Vice President for National Security Solutions, Titan Corporation, a technology developer and systems integrator that provides a range of systems solutions primarily for the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, intelligence and other U.S. government agencies, from December 1988 to March 2004;

•K.E. Sledge, prior to her appointment as Assistant Controller in July 2003, held various finance positions with Nortel Networks; and

•T.L. Vickruck was, prior to returning to Nortel Networks in August 2004, Team Leader, Corporate Treasury, Financial Controls Office of Royal Bank of Canada, a Canadian chartered bank, from September 2003 to June 2004. She was Director, Global Treasury Centre, Nortel Networks from September 2000 to June 2002 and prior thereto was Director, Treasury Operations, Americas Nortel Networks from January 1999 to September 2000.

Subsequent appointment

Susan E. Shepard, 61, will succeed Mr. W.F. McCauley in the position of Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer effective February 21, 2005. Mr. McCauley will work with Ms. Shepard to transition the position of Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer. Over the course of her career, Ms. Shepard has served in a number of positions specifically related to ethics and compliance. Ms. Shepard has been a Commissioner for the New York State Ethics Commission since May 2003. In addition, prior to becoming engaged in private practice in 1997, Ms. Shepard was Commissioner of Investigation for New York City (1990 to 1994), Chief Counsel to the New York State Commission of Investigation (1986 to 1990) and an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York (1976 to 1986).

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