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Our leadership - Corporate Executive Board
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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 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 board of G-star and a member of the supervisory board of AMS Sourcing B.V.
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 of Amsterdam-based law firm De Brauw
Blackstone Westbroek.
Lodewijk is the deputy chairman of the board of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He is also
a member of the advisory boards of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University,
and of Champs on Stage.
Acting members and nominees to the Corporate Executive Board
Jeff Carr
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Jeff Carr (September 17, 1961) is a British national. He joined Ahold as Chief Financial Officer
(CFO) in November 2011He will be nominated for appointment to Ahold's Corporate Executive
Board at the Company's annual General Meeting of Shareholders on April 17, 2012. Until then,
he will be an acting member of the Corporate Executive Board.
Before joining Ahold, Jeff was group finance director and a member of the board at UK-based
FirstGroup, the leading transport operator in the United Kingdom and North America. He began
his career at Unilever, and held senior roles in finance at easyJet, Associated British Foods,
Reckitt Benckiser, and Grand Metropolitan. Jeff has served as CFO of listed companies since
2005, and has worked and lived in Europe and the United States.
James McCann
Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Development Officer
James McCann (October 4, 1969) is a British national. He joined the Company on September 1,
2011when he assumed his responsibilities as Chief Commercial Development Officer and
acting member of the Corporate Executive Board. He will be nominated for appointment to
Ahold's Corporate Executive Board at the Company's annual General Meeting of Shareholders
on April 17, 2012.
Before joining Ahold, James was Executive Director for Carrefour France and a member of
Carrefoufs Group Executive Board. During the previous seven years, he held leading roles in
various countries for T esco plc. Prior to that, he worked for Sainsbury's, Mars and Shell.
