Our leadership -
Corporate
Executive Board
Dick Boer
Jeff Carr
Lodewijk Hijmans
van den Bergh
James McCann
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President and
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, 2011Prior 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 vice co-chair of The Consumer
Goods Forum and a member of the
executive board of The Confederation
of Netherlands Industry and Employers
(VNO-NCW). He is also a member of
the advisory board of G-star.
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Jeff Carr (September 17, 1961) is a
British national. Ahold's shareholders
appointed him to the Corporate
Executive Board on April 17, 2012.
Jeff joined Ahold in November 2011,
when he assumed his responsibilities
as acting member of the Corporate
Executive Board and Chief Financial
Officer (CFO).
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.
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 and a member of the
Supervisory Board of the Air Traffic
Control the Netherlands. He is also a
member of the advisory boards of the
Rotterdam School of Management,
Erasmus University and Champs
on Stage.
Executive Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer
Ahold USA
James McCann (October 4, 1969) is a
British national. Ahold's shareholders
appointed him to the Corporate
Executive Board on April 17, 2012.
James joined Ahold on September 1,
2011, when he assumed his
res po ns ibil ities as acting member of the
Corporate Executive Board and Chief
Commercial Development Officer.
On February 1, 2013, he became
Chief Operating Officer Ahold USA.
Before joining Ahold, James was
Executive Director for Carrefour France
and a member of Carrefour's Group
Executive Board. During the previous
seven years, he held leading roles in
various countries for Tesco plc. Prior to
that, he worked for Sainsbury's, Mars
and Shell.
