Board and management
Supervisory Board
René Dahan, Chairman
Chairman of the Selection and
Appointment Committee
Jan H.M. Hommen, Vice-Chairman
Chairman of the Audit Committee
Karen de Segundo
Derk C. Doijer
Chairman of the Remuneration
Committee
René Dahan (August 26, 1941) is a Dutch national. He was first appointed to the Supervisory
Board on June 2, 2004, and his term runs until 2008. Mr. Dahan is former Executive
Vice President and Director of Exxon Mobil Corporation. He is a member of the Supervisory
Boards of TNT N.V. and Aegon N.V. and the International Advisory Boards of the Guggenheim
group in New York, United States, and the Instituto de Empresa, Madrid, Spain.
Jan Hommen (April 29, 1943) is a Dutch national. He was first appointed to the Supervisory
Board on May 13, 2003, and his term runs until 2007. Mr. Hommen is former CFO and Vice-
Chairman of the Board of Management of Royal Philips Electronics N.V and current Chairman
of the Board of Reed Elsevier N.V. He is Chairman of the Supervisory Boards of TNT N.V.,
the Academic Hospital Maastricht and TiasNimbas Business School of Tilburg University.
Mr. Hommen is a member of the Supervisory Boards of ING Groep N.V. and Campina B.V.
Karen de Segundo (December 12, 1946) is a Dutch national. She was first appointed to the
Supervisory Board on June 2, 2004, and her term runs until 2008. Mrs. de Segundo is former
CEO of Shell International Renewables and President of Shell Hydrogen and prior to that
CEO of Shell International Gas Power. She is a member of the Board of Pöyry Group Oyj
and Director of Lonmin Plc, Ensus Ltd and Merrill Lynch New Energy Technology Plc.
Mrs. de Segundo is a member of the Eco Advisory Board of General Electric.
Derk Doijer (October 9, 1949) is a Dutch national. He was first appointed to the Supervisory
Board on May 18, 2005, and his term runs until 2009. Mr. Doijer is a former member of the
Executive Board of Directors of SHV Holdings N.V. and, prior to that, held several executive
positions in the Netherlands and South America. He is non-executive Chairman of the Board
of Van der Sluijs Group Holding B.V. and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Lucas Bols
B.V. and a member of the Supervisory Boards of Corio N.V. and the Stiho Group.
Myra M. Hart
Stephanie M. Shern
Judith Sprieser
Myra Hart (August 5, 1940) is a U.S. national. She was first appointed to the Supervisory
Board on May 18, 2005, and her term runs until 2009. She is an academic (professor of
entrepreneurship) by profession and holds the MBA Class of 1961 Chair of Entrepreneurship
at Harvard Business School. Prior to joining Harvard in 1995, Professor Hart was on the
founding team of Staples, serving as Vice President of Growth and Development from launch
through initial public offering. She is a member of the Boards of Office Depot, Intellivid, Nina
McLemore, eCornell and Summer Infant Inc. Professor Hart is a member of the Board of
Trustees of Cornell University and a director of the Center for Women's Business Research.
Stephanie Shern (January 7, 1948) is a U.S. national. She was first appointed to the
Supervisory Board on May 18, 2005, and her term runs until 2009. Mrs. Shern was with Ernst
Young for over 30 years, most recently as Vice-Chairman and Global Director of Retail and
Consumer Products and a member of Ernst Young's U.S. Management Committee. She is
the lead Director of GameStop and a member of the Boards and Chair of the Audit Committees
of GameStop, Scotts Miracle-Gro and Embarq. She is also a member of the Compensation
Committee of Embarq and a member of the Advisory Board of Pennsylvania State University,
School of Business.
Judith Sprieser (August 3, 1953) is a U.S. national. She was first appointed to the Supervisory
Board on May 18, 2006 and her term runs until 2010. Mrs. Sprieser is former CEO of
Transora, Inc. Prior to founding Transora in 2000, she was Executive Vice President (formerly
CFO) of Sara Lee Corporation. She is a Director of Allstate Corporation, USG Corporation,
Reckitt Benckiser plc and Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. and a member of Northwestern
University's Board of Trustees.
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