Our Management Board and Executive Committee1
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Dick Boer
Jeff Carr
James McCann
Ahold at a glance
Business review
Governance
Ahold
Annual Report 2015
Our Management Board and Executive Committee
provide a management structure designed to support
our business, meet the needs of our stakeholders
and comply with relevant rules and regulations.
Our Executive Committee is comprised of our
Management Board (that has ultimate responsibility
for the overall management of Ahold) and certain
of our key officers.
Board Diversity
Gender
Male
Nationality
USA
Netherlands
UK
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chairman Management Board
and Executive Committee
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 a board member of The Consumer Goods
Forum and the European Retail Round Table, and vice
chair 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,
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Member Management Board
and Executive Committee
Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer Ahold USA
Member Management Board
and Executive Committee
Jeff Carr (September 17 1961) is a British national.
Ahold's shareholders appointed him to the
Management Board on April 17 2012. Jeff joined
Ahold in November 14, 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 FirstGroup, the
leading transport operator in the United Kingdom
and North America. From 2005 to 2009, he was
group finance director and a member of the board
at easyJet. He began his career at Unilever, and held
senior roles in finance at Associated British Foods,
Reckitt Benckiser and Grand Metropolitan. Jeff has
lived and worked in Europe and the United States.
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 for one year. 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.
James serves on the board of directors of the
Food Marketing Institute Inc. and on the board
of trustees of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
1 The duties of the Management Board are described under Corporate Governance in this Annual Report.
