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Ahold at a glance
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Governance
Ahold
Annual Report 2015
The Supervisory Board is an independent corporate
body responsible for supervising and advising our
Management Board, overseeing the general course
of affairs, strategy and operational performance 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 Supervisory Board is of the
opinion that its current composition is in accordance
with this prof le, in terms of combined experience
and expertise, independence, and variety of
ages and genders. The Supervisory Board prof le
is updated regularly.
The Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board state
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 15, 2015, the General Meeting of
Shareholders reappointed Rob van den Bergh for a
second term. At the Extraordinary General Meeting
of Shareholders on March 14, 2016, Mark McGrath
will be nominated for a second reappointment and
Mary Anne Citrino will be nominated for appointment
in view of the resignation of Judith Sprieser as
member of the Supervisory Board on July 8, 2015.
Mary Anne has been joining the Supervisory Board
meetings as an observer since August, 2015.
The composition of the Supervisory Board, including
its members' combined experience and expertise,
independence, and diversity of age and gender,
should refect the best ft for Ahold's prof le and
strategy. This aim for the best ft, in combination with
the availability of qualified candidates, has resulted
in Ahold currently having a Supervisory Board in
which one member is female and six members are
male. In order to increase gender diversity in the
Supervisory Board, we pay close attention to gender
diversity in the process of recruiting and appointing
new Supervisory Board candidates; this was also
taken into account in the nomination for appointment
of Mary Anne Citrino.
Diversity profile Supervisory Board
Composition of the proposed Ahold Delhaize
Supervisory Board
At the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
on March 14, 2016, Mats Jansson, Jacques de
Vaucleroy, Jack Stahl, Bill McEwan, Johnny Thijs,
Dominique Leroy and Patrick De Maeseneire will
be nominated for appointment subject to and with
effect from the date of Ahold's proposed merger with
Delhaize. In addition, Derk Doijer will step down from
the Supervisory Board subject to and with effect from
the date of the proposed merger.
As a result, the proposed Ahold Delhaize Supervisory
Board will consist of Mats Jansson, Chairman of the
Supervisory Board; Jan Hommen, Vice Chairman
of the Supervisory Board; Jacques de Vaucleroy,
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board; and Patrick
De Maeseneire, Dominique Leroy, Bill McEwan,
Jack Stahl, Johnny Thijs, Rob van den Bergh, Mary
Anne Citrino, René Hooft Graaf and, Mark McGrath,
Ben Noteboom and Stephanie Shern as members
of the Supervisory Board.
Induction
Ongoing education is an important part of good
governance. New members of our Supervisory
Board attend a multiple-day induction program
at our businesses in the U.S. and the Netherlands
and at Corporate Center in Zaandam at which
they are briefed on their responsibilities and
informed by senior management on the financial,
social, corporate responsibility, human resources,
governance, legal and reporting affairs of our
Company and businesses. Throughout the year,
all members of our Supervisory Board visit several
of our 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.
Name
Date of birth
CO
ZD
Netherlands
International
experience
a
CxL
Food
industry
Finance
Social
employment
O
Disclosure
communication
Marketing
Management
experience
Gender
Jan Hommen
April 29, 1943
M
Mark McGrath
August 10, 1946
M
Stephanie Shern
January 7 1948
F
Rob van den Bergh
April 10, 1950
M
Derk Doijer
October 9, 1949
M
Ben Noteboom
July 4, 1958
M
René Hooft Graaf and
September 24, 1955
M
Possible reappointment schedule Supervisory Board
Name
Date of initial appointment
Date of reappointment
Date of possible reappointment
Jan Hommen
Mark McGrath
Stephanie Shern
Rob van den Bergh
Derk Doijer
Ben Noteboom
René Hooft Graaf and
April 17, 2013
April 23, 2008
May 18, 2005
April 20, 2011
May 18, 2005
April 28, 2009
April 16, 2014*
Apri
Apri
Apri
Apri
Apri
Effective January 1, 2015
