EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
as of December 31, 2012
12. PIERRE-OLIVIER BECKERS (1960)
President and CEO Delhaize Group
Belgium's Bel 20 CEO of the Year 2009
Manager of the Year 2000 (Trends/
Tendances)
Master in Business Administration
Joined Delhaize Group in 1983
13. PIERRE BOUCHUT (1955)
EVP and CFO Delhaize Group
Graduate in Financial Banking
Master in Applied Economics
Joined Delhaize Group in 2012
14. STÉFAN DESCHEEMAEKER
(1960)
EVP and CEO Delhaize Europe
Master in Commercial Engineering
Joined Delhaize Group in 2009
15. MICHEL EECKHOUT (1949)
EVP Delhaize Group (until December 31,
2012)
Master in Economics, Executive Master in
General Management
Joined Delhaize Group in 1978
16. RONALD C. HODGE (1948)
EVP Delhaize Group and CEO of Delhaize
America (until October15, 2012)
BS in Business Administration
Joined Hannaford in 1980
17. NICOLAS HOLLANDERS (1962)
EVP of Human Resources, IT and
Sustainability Delhaize Group
Master in Law and Notary Law,
Post Graduate in Economics
Joined Delhaize Group in 2007
18. KOSTAS MACHERAS (1953)
EVP Delhaize Group and CEO of
Southeastern Europe
Hellenic Management Association
Manager of the Year 2008
Joined Alfa Beta in 1997
Retail Manager of the Decade 2011
(2011 Retail Awards in Greece)
Graduate in Economics
BA, MBA
Joined Delhaize Group in 2007
19. ROLAND SMITH (1954)
EVP Delhaize Group and CEO of Delhaize
America
Graduate U.S. Military Academy
Joined Delhaize Group In 2012
20. MICHAEL R. WALLER (1953)
EVP, General Counsel and General
Secretary Delhaize Group
BA in Psychology, Juris Doctorate
Joined Delhaize America in 2000
The following former Direc
tors and Executives have
been granted an honorary
title in gratitude for their
contribution to Delhaize
Group:
Honorary Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer:
Chevalier Beckers, Baron
de Vaucleroy
Honorary Chairman and
Director: Mr. Frans Vreys,
Count Georges Jacobs de
Hagen
Honorary Director: Mr.
Jacques Boël, Mr. Roger
Boin, Baron de Cooman
d'Herlinckhove, Mr. William
G. Ferguson, Mr. Robert J.
Murray
Honorary General Secre
tary and Member of the
Executive Committee: Mr.
Jean-Claude Coppieters 't
Wallant
Honorary Members of the
Executive Committee: Mr.
Pierre Malevez, Mr. Arthur
Goethals, Mr. Renaud
Cogels
Honorary Secretary of the
Executive Committee: Mr.
Pierre Dumont
Honorary Director Mr.
Roger Boin passed away at
the end of 2012. The Board
of Directors of Delhaize
Group and its management
wish to show their respect
and pay tribute for his
part in helping to build the
company.
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