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President and
Chief Executive Officer
Chairman Management Board
and Executive Committee
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Member Management Board
and Executive Committee
Executive Vice President
and Chief Corporate
Governance Counsel
Member Management Board
and Executive Committee
Executive Vice President and Chief
Operating Officer Ahold USA
Member Management Board
and Executive Committee
Ahold at a glance
Our strategy
Our performance
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Investors
Ahold Annual Report 2013
Dick Boer
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 12011Prior to that date, Dick
had served as Chief Operating Officer Ahold
Europe since 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
businesses. Ahold's shareholders appointed him to
the Management Board on May 3, 2007.
Prior to joining Ahold, Dick spent more than 17
years in various retail positions for SHV Holdings
N.V in the Netherlands and abroad and for
Unigro N.V.
Dick is co-chair of The Consumer Goods Forum,
member of the board of the European Retail
Round Table, 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.
Jeff Carr
Jeff Carr (September 17, 1961) is a British national.
Ahold's shareholders appointed him to the
Management Board on April 17, 2012. Jeff had
first joined Ahold in November 2011 as acting
member of the Management 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 lived and worked in Europe and the
United States.
Lodewijk Hijmans van den Bergh
Lodewijk Hijmans van den Bergh (September 16,
1963) is a Dutch national. Ahold's shareholders
appointed him to the Management Board on April
13, 2010. Lodewijk had first joined the Company
on December 1, 2009, as acting member of
the Management Board and Chief Corporate
Governance Counsel.
Prior to joining Ahold, Lodewijk was a partner at
Amsterdam-based law firm De Brauw Blackstone
Westbroek N.V. Lodewijk is the deputy chairman
of the board of the Royal Concertgebouw
Orchestra and a member of the supervisory
boards of HAL Holding N.V. and the board of
trustees of Air Traffic Control in the Netherlands.
He is also a member of the advisory boards of
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus
University and Champs on Stage.
James McCann
James McCann (October 4, 1969) is a British
national. Ahold's shareholders appointed him
to the Management Board on April 17, 2012.
James had first joined Ahold on September 1,
2011, as acting member of the Management
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.
1 The duties of the Management Board are described under
Corporate Governance in this Annual Report.
