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Organizational structure
Ahold
Annual Report 2011
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We operate our businesses from two continental platforms, Ahold Europe and Ahold USA,
each led by a Chief Operating Officer (COO) reporting to Ahold's CEO. This structure helps us
to balance local, continental, and global needs and to leverage continental scale and talent
effectively.
Ahold Europe comprises Albert Heijn in the Netherlands and Belgium; Etos, Gall Gall, and
albert.nl in the Netherlands; and Albert Hypernova in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
In Europe, each of these operating companies has a general manager reporting to the COO
of Ahold Europe.
Ahold USA is organized into four retail divisions: Giant Carlisle, Giant Landover, Stop Shop
New England, and Stop Shop New York Metro. Each of these has a division president
reporting to Ahold USA's Executive Vice President of Operations, who in turn reports to the
COO of Ahold USA. The Peapod online business is also part of Ahold USA.
We also hold a 60 percent interest in ICA AB (ICA), and a 49 percent interest in JMR - Gestao de
Empresas de Retalho, SGPS. S.A. (JMR).
Corporate Center
Ahold's international headquarters are based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Corporate
Center is responsible for Group strategy and functions that support the business, including
the strategy office, finance, internal audit, legal, compliance, insurance, human resources,
communications, corporate responsibility, mergers acquisitions, and information management.
We also have Corporate Center offices located in the United States and Switzerland.
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