Agilent Technologies' Executive Vice President and CFO Adrian Dillon to Leave Company

Didier Hirsch, vice president, corporate controllership and tax, will be appointed acting chief financial officer, effective April 1. He is currently responsible for Agilent's accounting and reporting functions, tax, credit and collections, vendor payments, and cost accounting. Hirsch has been with Agilent since its inception. Prior to Agilent, Hirsch was chief financial officer of Hewlett-Packard Europe, Middle East and Africa. Before this, he held a similar position at Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific based in Hong Kong. Hirsch joined Hewlett-Packard Company in 1989.

Adrian's leadership has played a key role in transforming Agilent into a company known not only for the world's best measurement technology, but also for its superb financial operating model and rigorous financial discipline, said Bill Sullivan, Agilent president and CEO. I am deeply grateful for his wise counsel and partnership in Agilent's success over the past eight and a half years.

Dillon joined Agilent in December 2001. He has been responsible for management of the company's finance functions, strategic planning and corporate development, as well as shared administrative services, including information technology and global sourcing.

Moving forward with Didier as interim CFO, we are assigning a proven veteran performer to this key position while we complete our search for Adrian's replacement, Sullivan said.