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Supervisory Board report
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Ahold Annual Report 2013
The Supervisory Board is an independent corporate
body responsible for supervising and advising
Ahold's Management Board and overseeing
the general course of affairs and strategy of
the Company.
The Supervisory Board is guided in its duties by
the interests of the Company and the enterprise
connected with the Company, taking into
consideration the overall good of the enterprise and
the relevant interests of all its stakeholders.
Ahold's Supervisory Board determines the
number of its members. The Supervisory Board
profile is published on Ahold's public website
at www.ahold.com. The composition of the
Supervisory Board should match this profile in
terms of combined experience and expertise,
independence, and variety of ages and genders.
The Supervisory Board is of the opinion that
its composition is currently in accordance with
the profile. The Supervisory Board profile is
updated regularly.
The Supervisory Board Charter states that if a
member is concurrently a member of another
company's Supervisory Board, the main duties
arising from and or the number and nature of
any other supervisory board memberships must
not conflict or interfere with that person's duties as
a member of Ahold's Supervisory Board. On April
17, 2013, the General Meeting of Shareholders
appointed Jan Hommen as member of the
Supervisory Board and reappointed Derk Doijer
and Stephanie Shern for a third term and Ben
Noteboom for a second term. René Dahan and
Tom de Swaan resigned from the Supervisory Board
during 2013. On April 16, 2014, Judith Sprieser will
be nominated for reappointment.
Induction
Ongoing education is an important part of good governance. New members of the Supervisory Board attend a multiple-day induction program at Ahold's
Corporate Center in Zaandam at which they are briefed on their responsibilities as members of the Supervisory Board and informed by senior management
on the financial, social, corporate responsibility, human resources, governance, legal and reporting affairs of the Company and its businesses. Throughout the
year, all members of the Supervisory Board visit several of Ahold's businesses, operations and other parts of the Company to gain greater familiarity with senior
management and to develop deeper knowledge of local operations, opportunities and challenges.
Diversity profile Supervisory Board
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Name
Date of birth
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Jan Hommen
Derk Doijer
Stephanie Shern
Judith Sprieser
Mark McGrath
Ben Noteboom
Rob van den Bergh
April 29, 1943
October 9, 1949
January 7, 1948
August 3, 1953
August 10, 1946
July 4, 1958
April 10, 1950
Retirement and reappointment schedule
Name
Date of initial appointment
Date of reappointment
Date of possible reappointment
Jan Hommen
April 17, 2013
2017*
Derk Doijer
May 18, 2005
April 17, 2013
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Stephanie Shern
May 18, 2005
April 17, 2013
-
Judith Sprieser
May 18, 2006
April 13, 2010
2014
Mark McGrath
April 23, 2008
April 17, 2012
2016
Ben Noteboom
April 28, 2009
April 17, 2013
2017
Rob van den Bergh
April 20, 2011
2015
Jan Hommen will not be available for reappointment in 2017.
