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Our leadership
Supervisory
Board
1 René Dahan
2 Tom de Swaan
3 Derk C. Doijer
4 Stephanie M. Shern
5 Judith Sprieser
6 Mark McGrath
7 Ben Noteboom
8 Rob van den Bergh
Ahold Annual Report 2012
Ahold at a glance
Our strategy
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Governance
Investors
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 2016.
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.
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 Financial Services Authority in
London. Tom is a member of the
board of GlaxoSmithKline Plc and
vice-chairman of the board of directors
of Zurich Insurance Group. 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 and
chairman of the Board of Trustees of
The Netherlands Cancer Institute-
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital.
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 boards of
Corio N.V. and Lucas Bols Holdings
B.V. Derk is a member of the
supervisory board of 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 a member of
the boards and chair of the audit
committees of GameStop and Scotts
MiracleGro. Stephanie is also a
member of the advisory board of
Pennsylvania State University's
accounting major program and a
founding member of the Lead Director
Network and of the Southwest Region
of the United States Audit Committee
Network, both organized by Tapestry
Networks in the United States.
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 (August 10, 1946) is a
U.S. national. He was appointed to the
Supervisory Board on April 23, 2008,
and his term runs until 2016. 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.
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 member
of the Executive Committee of the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Association. Mark is a senior advisor
with Gleacher Company.
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 2001Ben is a
member of the boards of the Holland
Festival Foundation and the Cancer
Center Amsterdam.
Rob van den Bergh (April 10, 1950) is
a Dutch national. He was appointed
to the Supervisory Board on April 20,
2011, and 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 board of N.V. Deli
Maatschappij and a member of the
supervisory boards of TomTom N.V.,
Royal Wagenborg B.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.
