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Board and management
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Key Corporate Officers
Dick Boer
Acting Corporate Executive
Board Member
Chief Operating Officer, Europe
President and CEO, Albert Heijn
Lawrence Benjamin
Chief Operating Officer, USA
CEO, U.S. Foodservice
Business Planning
and Performance
Paul Aliker
Senior Vice President and
Chief Business Control Officer, Ahold
Internal Audit
Joop Brakenhoff
Senior Vice President and
Chief Internal Audit Officer, Ahold
Dick Boer (August 311957) is a Dutch national. He assumed the position of acting Corporate
Executive Board member on May 10, 2006 and was appointed Chief Operating Officer, Europe as
of November 6, 2006. Mr. Boer joined Ahold in 1998 as CEO of Ahold Czech Republic and was
appointed President and CEO of Albert Heijn in 2000. In 2003, he became President and CEO
of the Albert Heijn operating company. Prior to joining Ahold, Mr. Boer spent more than 17 years
in various retail positions for SHV Holdings in the Netherlands and abroad, and for Unigro N.V.,
now Laurus N.V. He is Chairman of the Supervisory Boards of SVM-pact and Kobalt B.V. Mr. Boer
is a member of the Supervisory Board of the Red Cross Hospital in Beverwijk, the Netherlands.
Lawrence Benjamin (November 6, 1955) is a U.S. national. He was appointed Chief Operating
Officer, USA as of November 6, 2006. Mr. Benjamin joined U.S. Foodservice in October
2003 as President and Chief Executive Officer. From 2002 to October 2003, he was Chief
Executive Officer of the NutraSweet Company in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to joining NutraSweet,
Mr. Benjamin worked with the private equity firm of Oak Hill Capital Management and served
as President and Chief Executive Officer of Stella Foods and Specialty Foods Corporation.
Mr. Benjamin also held a number of management-level positions in the retail and ingredient
divisions of Kraft Foods from 1986 to 1994.
Paul Aliker (September 30, 1949) is a British national. He joined Ahold in April 2006 as
Chief Business Control Officer. Prior to joining Ahold, Mr. Aliker held a succession of senior
finance positions in the airline and automotive industries, including Head of Internal Control at
British Airways and Finance Director, Ford Italy.
Human Resources
Jim Lawler
Senior Vice President and
Chief Human Resources 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 served as both Vice President Accounting and
Vice President Internal Control. 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 starting in 1998 as CFO.
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 USA. 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.
Information Technology
Dave McNally
Senior Vice President and
Chief Information Officer, Ahold
Treasury and Tax
Kimberly Ross
Senior Vice President and
Chief Treasury and Tax Officer, Ahold
Dave McNally (December 24, 1954) is a U.S. national. He joined Ahold in 2005 in the position
of Chief Information Officer, EVP Business Process for U.S. Foodservice. In September 2005
he was appointed to his current position of Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Ahold. Prior to joining Ahold, Mr. McNally held the position of Senior Director at AlixPartners
LLC where he ran the IT Turnaround Services practice. In this capacity he served as the
interim Chief Information Officer for U.S. Foodservice from February 2004.
Kimberly Ross (May 5, 1965) is a U.S. national. She joined Ahold in September 2001 as
Assistant Treasurer. In April 2002, she became Vice President and Group Treasurer and was
promoted to Senior Vice President and Group Treasurer in January 2004. She was appointed
Senior Vice President and Chief Treasury and Tax Officer in April, 2005. Prior to joining Ahold,
Mrs. Ross held the position of Senior Manager at Ernst Young in New York and Director of
Corporate Finance for the Americas at Joseph E. Seagram Sons Inc. Mrs. Ross also held a
number of other management positions at Joseph E. Seagram Sons Inc. from 1995 through
2001 as well as at Anchor Glass from 1992 to 1995.
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