NVIDIA (NVDA) has announced the departure of its Director, Persis Drell, a Stanford engineering professor who has served the chipmaker’s board for more than a decade.
In a regulatory filing late Friday, Santa Clara, California-based NVIDIA (NVDA) added that Drell resigned from the board and the company on Jan. 20, effective immediately.
NVDA, currently the world’s most valuable listed firm, reassured investors that Drell’s exit is not due to any disagreement with the company.
“Dr. Drell resigned to pursue a new professional opportunity and not because of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies, or practices,” it said.
Her departure reduces the company’s board membership to 10, including CEO Jensen Huang, and also leaves a vacancy in the board’s compensation committee.
Drell, 69, had joined the NVIDIA (NVDA) board in 2015 after a stint as a professor of physics, materials science, and engineering, as well as provost at Stanford.