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Our leadership - Supervisory Board
Financials Investors
Tom de Swaan
Vice Chairman
Chairman of the Audit
Committee
Tom de Swaan (March 4, 1946) is a
Dutch national. He was first appointed to
the Supervisory Board on May 3, 2007,
and his term runs until 2015. Tom is
former CFO of ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
He also held various executive positions
at the Dutch Central Bank and was a
non-executive director of the Financia
Services Authority in London. Tom is a
member of the board of GlaxoSmithKline
Plc and chairman of its audit committee,
and a member of the board of directors of
Zurich Financial Services. He is chairman
of the supervisory board of Van Lanschot
Bankiers N.V., a member of the
supervisory board of Royal DSM and
chairman of its audit committee, and a
member of the Public Interest Committee
of KPMG ELLP. In addition, Tom is
chairman of the advisory board of the
Rotterdam School of Management,
Erasmus University.
Derk C. Doijer
Chairman of the Remuneration
Committee
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 2013. Derk 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 chairman of the supervisory board
of Lucas Bols B.V. and a member of the
supervisory boards of Corio N.V. and
ZBG Group.
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 2013. Stephanie
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 a
member of the compensation committee
of GameStop, and a member of the
boards and chair of the audit committees
of GameStop and Scotts Miracle-Gro.
Stephanie is also a member of the
accounting advisory board of
Pennsylvania State University Smeal
School of Business.
René Dahan
Chairman
Chairman of the Selection and
Appointment 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 2012. René is former
Executive Vice President and Director of
Exxon Mobil Corporation. He is a member
of the international advisory board of the
Instituto de Empresa, Madrid, Spain.
Judith Sprieser
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 2014. Judith is former
CEO of Transora, Inc, which she founded
in 2000. Prior to this, she was Executive
Vice President and CFO of Sara Lee
Corporation. She is a director of Allstate
Corporation, Reckitt Benckiser plc,
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. and
Experian Plc.
Mark McGrath
Mark McGrath (August 10, 1946) is a
U.S. national. He was appointed to the
Supervisory Board on April 23, 2008, and
his term runs until 2012. Mark is a director
emeritus of McKinsey Company. He led
the firm's Americas' Consumer Goods
Practice from 1998 until 2004 when he
retired from the company. Mark is a
director of GATX and Aware, Inc.
He is chairman of the advisory board of
the University of Notre Dame's Kellogg
Institute of International Studies, a
member of the advisory councils of the
University of Chicago Booth Graduate
School of Business and Notre Dame's
Kroc International Peace Studies Institute
and a trustee of the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra Association. Mark is a senior
advisor with Gleacher Company.
Rob van den Bergh
Rob van den Bergh (April 10, 1950) is a
Dutch national. He was appointed to the
Supervisory Board on April 20, 2011and
his term runs until 2015. Rob is former
CEO of VNU N.V. Prior to that, he held
various other executive positions within
VNU and was a member of the executive
board from 1992 until his appointment as
CEO in 2000. Rob is currently chairman
of the supervisory boards of N.V. Deli
Maatschappij, Bol.com B.V., and VNU
Media, and a member of the Supervisory
Boards of TomTom N.V., Holding
Nationale Goede Doelen Loterijen N.V.,
and Pon Holdings B.V. He is also
chairman of the supervisory board of Isala
Klinieken Foundation, a member of the
investment committee of NPM Capital
N.V., and a member of the advisory board
of CVC Capital Partners.
Ben Noteboom
Ben Noteboom (July 4, 1958) is a
Dutch national. He was appointed to the
Supervisory Board on April 28, 2009, and
his term runs until 2013. Ben currently
holds the position of CEO and chairman
of the executive board of Randstad
Holding N.V., to which he was appointed
in March 2003. He joined Randstad in
1993 and since then has held various
senior management positions within the
company. Ben joined the executive board
of Randstad in 2001.
