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Our leadership - Corporate Executive Board
Ahold
Annual Report 2010
Group at a glance
Performance
Fi nancials
Investors
Dick Boer
Chief Executive Officer
Dick Boer (August 31, 1957) is a Dutch national. On September 29, 2010, the Supervisory Board
appointed him Chief Executive Officer of Ahold, effective March 1, 2011. Prior to that date Dick
served as Chief Operating Officer Ahold Europe, to which he was appointed on November 6,
2006.
Dick 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 Ahold's Dutch operating
companies. Ahold's shareholders appointed him to the Corporate Executive Board on May 3,
2007.
Prior to joining Ahold, Dick spent more than 17 years in various retail positions for SHV Holdings
in the Netherlands and abroad, and for Unigro N.V.
Dick is chairman of Central Office Food Trade (CBL), president of the European Retail Round
Table, and a member of the executive board of The Confederation of Netherlands Industry and
Employers (VNO-NCW). He is also member of the advisory boards of G-star and the Red Cross
Hospital Beverwijk, and a member of the supervisory board of AMS Sourcing B.V.
Kimberly Ross
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Kimberly Ross (May 5, 1965) is a U.S. national. She was appointed to the position of Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and acting member of the Corporate Executive Board
on November 15, 2007, after having served as Deputy Chief Financial Officer since July 1, 2007.
On April 23, 2008, Ahold's shareholders appointed Kimberly to the Corporate Executive Board.
Kimberly joined Ahold in September 2001 as Assistant Treasurer. In April 2002, she became Vice
President and Group T reasurer and was promoted to Senior Vice President and Group T reasurer
in January 2004. She was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Treasury and Tax Officer in
April 2005.
Prior to joining Ahold, Kimberly 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.
She 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.
Kimberly is a member of the advisory board of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus
University.
Lodewijk Hijmans van den Bergh
Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Governance Counsel
Lodewijk Hijmans van den Bergh (September 16, 1963) is a Dutch national. Ahold's shareholders
appointed him to the Corporate Executive Board on April 13, 2010. Lodewijk joined the Company
on December 1, 2009, when he assumed his responsibilities as acting member of the Corporate
Executive Board and Chief Corporate Governance Counsel.
Prior to joining Ahold, Lodewijk was a partner and member of the managing committee of
Amsterdam-based law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, where he was head of the
corporate practice group. He was the resident partner of De Brauw's London office from 1994
to 1998.
Lodewijk is the deputy chairman of the board of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
