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Supervisory Board
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Rob van den Bergh
Judith Sprieser
Stephanie Shern
Jan Hommen
Governance
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Chairman (ad interim)
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
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 was designated as interim Chairman
of the Supervisory Board on June 14, 2014, to
temporarily replace Jan Hommen in view of his
appointment as CEO of KPMG the Netherlands.
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 boards of Stichting Isala
Klinieken and N.V. Deli Maatschappij, from which
latter board Rob will step down as of April 12015.
Rob is a member of the advisory boards of CVC
Capital Partners and Pon Holdings B.V.
Vice Chairman
Judith Sprieser (August 3, 1953) is a U.S. national.
She was first appointed to the Supervisory Board
on May 18, 2006, and she will step down from
the Supervisory Board following our 2015 annual
General Meeting of Shareholders. Judith is former
CEO ofTransora Inc., which she founded in 2000,
Prior to that, she was executive vice president and
CFO of Sara Lee Corporation. She is the managing
director of Warrenton Advisors LLC and a director
of Allstate Corporation, Reckitt Benckiser plc.,
Jimmy Choo plc., Intercontinental Exchange Inc.
and Experian plc.
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Chairman of the Audit Committee
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 2017
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
the lead director and chair of the audit committee of
Gamestop and a member of the board and audit
committee of Abercrombie Fitch. 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.
Chairman of the Selection and
Appointment Committee
Jan Hommen (April 29, 1943) is a Dutch national.
He was appointed to the Supervisory Board at
the General Meeting of Shareholders on April 17
2013. His term runs until 2017 Jan was previously
Vice Chairman of Ahold's Supervisory Board and
served as Chairman of the Audit Committee from
2003 to 2007 He is the former CEO of ING Group
N.V., former CFO and vice chairman of the board
of management of Royal Philips Electronics N.V.
and former CFO of Aluminum Company of America.
He has held chairman positions on the supervisory
boards of TNT N.V. and Reed Elsevier N.V. and was
a member of the board of Campina. Currently he
is the CEO of KPMG the Netherlands, chairman of
Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij Holding B.V,
and a member of the supervisory board of PSV N.V,
He is also chairman of the board of trustees of Tilburg
University and a member of the board of trustees of
the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
