Slack Technologies, Inc. announced the appointment of Mike McNamara to the company’s board of directors, effective immediately. Most recently, McNamara served as the Chief Executive Officer of Flex Ltd. (formerly Flextronics Ltd). McNamara brings extensive experience in both executive leadership and scaling global operations to Slack’s board. He spent nearly two decades leading Flex Ltd., first as the Chief Operating Officer from 2001 to 2006 and then as the Chief Executive Officer from 2006 to 2018. As part of the executive team, McNamara was instrumental in Flex’s growth to over $25 billion in revenue and over 200,000 employees operating across 30+ countries. McNamara currently serves on the board of directors of Workday, Inc., one of the world’s foremost providers of on-demand financial management and human capital management enterprise software, and is a venture partner at Eclipse Ventures. He is also on the board of directors of PCH International, a global custom design manufacturing company. McNamara will replace director Chamath Palihapitiya, who is stepping down from Slack’s board of directors. Palihapitiya was an early investor in Slack and has served on the company’s board of directors since 2017. His deep expertise in growth helped guide the company from a small startup to a thriving global company with over 1,900 employees across 12 different offices serving more than 105,000 Paid Customers.