Board and management
CORPORATE EXECUTIVE BOARD
KEY CORPORATE OFFICERS
Internal Audit
Business Support
Human Resources
Anders Moberg1
President and Chief Executive Officer
Anders Moberg (March 21, 1950) is a Swedish national.
He assumed the position of acting CEO on May 5, 2003.
On September 4, 2003, our shareholders appointed him to
the Corporate Executive Board in the position of President
and CEO. Mr. Moberg is the former CEO and president of
IKEA Group and he was formerly division president
international at Home Depot in the United States.
Currently, Mr. Moberg is chairman of the supervisory board
of Clas Ohlson AB and a member of the supervisory boards
of Velux A/S and DFDS A/S.
John Rishton12
Acting Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
John Rishton (February 21, 1958) is a British national.
He assumed the position of acting Executive Vice President
and CFO on January 2, 2006. Mr. Rishton is former CFO of
British Airways PLC. He has also worked for Ford Europe in
various international executive positions. The Supervisory
Board will nominate Mr. Rishton for appointment to the
Corporate Executive Board at the Annual General Meeting
of Shareholders on May 18, 2006.
Peter Wakkie
Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Governance
Counsel
Peter Wakkie (June 22, 1948) is a Dutch national.
Mr. Wakkie joined Ahold as acting Executive Vice President
and Chief Corporate Governance Counsel on October 15,
2003. That position was formalized when our shareholders
appointed him a member of the Corporate Executive Board
on November 26, 2003. Prior to joining Ahold, he was a
partner at law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, which
he joined in 1972, specializing in mergers and acquisitions
and corporate litigation. He became a partner of the firm in
1979 and was managing partner from 1997 to 2001.
Mr. Wakkie is a member of the supervisory boards of the
Albert Heijn Vaste Klanten Fonds, Schuitema N.V. and
Wolters Kluwer N.V.
Joop Brakenhoff
Senior Vice President and Chief internal Audit Officer, Ahold
Joop Brakenhoff (July 2, 1965) is a Dutch national.
He joined Ahold in June 2002 in the position of Vice
President Internal Audit Europe. In February 2004, he was
appointed Vice President Accounting. In February 2005
he was appointed Vice President Internal Control. From
February 2005 until September 2005 Mr. Brakenhoff
combined the Vice President Accounting and the Vice
President Internal Control function. In September 2005
he was appointed to his current position of Senior Vice
President and Chief Internal Audit Officer. Prior to joining
Ahold, Mr. Brakenhoff held various management positions
at KPMG before joining the Heerema Group in 1994 and the
Burg Industries Group two years later as group controller and
as from 1998 as CFO.
Arthur Brouwer1
Senior Vice President and Chief Business Support Officer,
Ahold
Arthur Brouwer (September 27, 1961) is a Dutch national.
He joined Ahold in 1992 as Vice President of Management
Development and Organization and was promoted to Senior
Vice President of Management Development and
Organization in October 1997. In 2000, he was also
appointed Chief Support Officer of Ahold's European
Competence Center. He was appointed Chief Business
Support Officer effective October 1, 2003. Prior to joining
Ahold, Mr. Brouwer held the position of manager of Human
Resources Planning and Development at Mercedes-Benz
Nederland B.V.
Jim Lawler 1
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer,
Ahold
Jim Lawler (December 20, 1958) is a U.S. national.
He joined Ahold in August 1999 as Executive Vice President
of Human Resources for Giant-Landover. In November
2001, he became Executive Vice President of Human
Resources for Ahold U.S.A. In November 2003, he assumed
his current role of Senior Vice President and Chief Human
Resources Officer. Prior to joining Ahold, Mr. Lawler held
the position of senior vice president of Human Resources in
Rexam PLC's Coated Films and Papers sector and a variety
of executive human resource positions at PepsiCo and
Nordson Corporation.
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