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Supervisory Board report - continued
Retirement and reappointment schedule
Meetings of the Supervisory Board
Activities of the Supervisory Board
Governance
Name
Date of birth
Date of initial
appointment
Date of
reappointment
Date of
possible
reappointment
René Dahan
August 26,
1941
June 2, 2004
April 23,
2008
2012
Karen de Segundo
December 12,
1946
June 2, 2004
April 23,
2008
2012
Derk Doijer
October 9,
1949
May 18, 2005
April 28,
2009
2013
Stephanie Shern
January 7,
1948
May 18, 2005
April 28,
2009
2013
Judith Sprieser
August 3,
1953
May 18, 2006
2010
Tom de Swaan
March 4,
1946
May 3, 2007
2011
Mark McGrath
August 10,
1946
April 23, 2008
2012
Ben Noteboom
July 4,
1958
April 28, 2009
2013
In 2009, the Supervisory Board held seven meetings in person and two meetings by
conference call. The members of the Corporate Executive Board attended the meetings
and other members of senior corporate, continental and local management were regularly
invited to present to the Supervisory Board. The Supervisory Board held three private
meetings without other attendees to independently review certain issues and to discuss
matters related to the functioning of the Corporate Executive and Supervisory Board.
The external auditor attended the meeting in February 2009 at which the 2008 Annual
Report and financial statements were endorsed. In November 2009, in a separate private
meeting, the Supervisory Board assessed its own performance, that of its committees and
its individual members, as well as the performance of the Corporate Executive Board and
its individual members. All members received the criteria for this evaluation ahead of the
meeting. Supervisory Board members discussed the performance of the Corporate Executive
Board and its members and the Supervisory Board and its members and committees in that
private meeting, which was partly attended by the CEO. The members of the Supervisory
Board have regular contact with the members of the Corporate Executive Board and other
company management outside the scheduled meetings of the Supervisory Board.
During 2009, the Supervisory Board reviewed matters related to all aspects of Ahold's
activities, results, strategies and management, including:
Establishment of the annual compensation of Corporate Executive Board members in
accordance with the remuneration policy and with the assistance of the Remuneration
Committee;
Decisions on nominations for appointments to the Corporate Executive Board and
Supervisory Board with the assistance of the Selection and Appointment Committee.
With the assistance of the Audit Committee:
Review of the financial reporting process and, in particular, the approval of quarterly
earnings statements and related press releases and the 2008 Annual Report;
Review of reports related to the enterprise risk management of the group, on subjects
including the main risks of the business and the result of the Corporate Executive
Board's assessment of the design and effectiveness of the internal risk management
and control systems, and any changes required;
Review of the reports by the internal and the external auditor;
