BOARD OF DIRECTORS
GOVERNANCE
as of December 31, 2012
Axfood
1. MATS JANSSON (1951)
Chairman since 2012
Board Member of Danske Bank
Former President of ICA Detaljhandel and
Deputy CEO and Chairman of the Group
Former CEO of Catena/Bilia, Karl Fazor Oy,
Former President and CEO of Axel Johnson AB
Former President and CEO of SAS
Former Board member of Axfood,
Mekonomen, Swedish Match and
Hufvudstaden
Member of JP Morgan European Advisory
Council
Degree in Economics and Sociology
Elected 2011
2. HUGH G. FARRINGTON (1945)
Former President and CEO of Hannaford
Former Vice Chairman of Delhaize America
Former Executive Vice President of Delhaize
Group
BA in History, MA in Education
Elected 2005
3. WILLIAM G. McEWAN (1956)
Former President and CEO of Sobeys
Former Board Member of Empire Company
Former President and CEO of the U.S.
Atlantic Region of The Great Atlantic and
Pacific Tea Company
Board Member of The Consumer Goods Forum
Elected 2011
4. JACQUES DE VAUCLEROY (1961)
Member of Management Committee and
CEO of the Northern, Central and Eastern
Europe Region (NORCEE) of Axa
Former Member Executive Board ING Group
and CEO of ING Insurance Europe
Degree in Law,
Master of Business Law
Elected 2005
5. SHARI L. BALLARD (1966)
President, International - Enterprise
Executive Vice President of Best Buy Co., Inc.
Bachelors Degree in Social Work
Elected 2012
6. PIERRE-OLIVIER BECKERS (1960)
President and CEO since 1999
President of the Belgian Olympic and
Interfederal Committee
Member of the International Olympic
Committee
Former Co-Chairman of The Consumer
Goods Forum
Board member and former Vice-Chairman
of Food Marketing Institute
Board member and former Chairman of
CIES
Board member of the Consumer Goods
Forum
Board member of Guberna
Vice-Chairman Executive Committee
Federation of Belgian Companies
Master in Business Administration
Elected 1995
7. JEAN-PIERRE HANSEN (1948)
Executive Committee member of GDF Suez
Chairman of the Energy Policy Committee
of GDF Suez
Member of the Management Committee
of FOREM
Former CEO and Chairman of Electrabel
Former COO and Vice Chairman of the
Executive Committee of Suez Group
Chairman of the Board of SNCB Logistics
Board member of Electrabel, Electrabel
Customers Solutions and CMB
Former Vice Chairman of Federation of
Enterprises in Belgium
Civil Engineer, Philosophy Degree in
Engineering,
Master in Economics
Elected 2011
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8. CLAIRE H. BABROWSKI (1957)
Board member of Pier 1 Imports and Quiznos
Former EVP and COO of Toys'R'Us
Former COO and CEO of RadioShack
Former Senior EVP and Chief Restaurant
Operations Officer of McDonald's Corp.
MBA
Elected 2006
9. JACK L. STAHL (1953)
Former President and CEO of Revlon
Former President and COO of
The Coca-Cola Company
Former Group President and CFO of
Coca-Cola North America
Former Board member at Schering-Plough
Board member of Dr. Pepper Snapple
Group, Sacks and Coty and CVC Capital
Partners Advisory Inc.
Board member of nonprofit organization
MBA
Appointed by the Board in 2008,
Elected 2009
10. DIDIER SMITS (1962)
Managing Director of Papeteries Aubry
Former Manager of Advanced Technics
Company
Master in Economics and Financial Sciences
Elected 1996
11. BARON VANSTEENKISTE (1947)
President of Sioen
Vice Chairman and former CEO of Recticel
Former Chairman of the Board of Spector Photo
Group and Telindus Group
Board member at Spector Photo Group,
Former Chairman of Federation of Belgian
Companies
Member of the Corporate Governance
Commission
Civil Engineer
Elected 2005
