Supervisory Board
Mats Jansson
Jan Hommen
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Jacques de Vaucleroy
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Overview
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Governance
Financials
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Ahold Delhaize Annual Report 2016
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Nationality
Swedish
Canadian
Born: December 17, 1951
Nationality: Swedish
Born: April 29, 1943
Nationality: Dutch
Born: January 20, 1961
Nationality: Belgian
Supervisory Board diversity
Gender
Mats Jansson has served as Chairman of Ahold
Delhaize’s Supervisory Board since July 24, 2016,
and is a member of its Governance and Nomination
Committee. Prior to the merger between Ahold and
Delhaize, he served as Chairman of Delhaize’s Board
of Directors starting in 2012.
Mats was CEO of the Scandinavian airline SAS from
2006 to 2010. Prior to that he served as president
and CEO of Axel Johnson AB, CEO of Axfood,
CEO of Karl Fazer Oy and CEO of Catena Bilia.
Mats began his career with ICA, holding positions
of increasing responsibility over a period of more
than 20 years and serving as president of ICA
Detaljhandel and deputy CEO and chairman of the
group from 1990 to 1994.
Currently, Mats is a member of the JPMorgan
European Advisory Council, advisor to Prime Public
Communications i Sverige AB and advisor to Advent
Capital Management LLC.
Jan Hommen has served on Ahold Delhaize’s
Supervisory Board since July 24, 2016 and is a
member of the Governance and Nomination
Committee. Prior to the merger between Ahold
and Delhaize, he served as Chairman of Ahold’s
Supervisory Board since 2013.
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 KPMG the Netherlands and was CEO
of ING Group N.V., CFO and vice chairman of the
board of management of Royal Philips Electronics
N.V. and CFO of Aluminum Company of America Inc.
Currently Jan is chairman of the supervisory board
of Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij Holding
B.V., chairman of the board of trustees of Tilburg
University and United World College Nederland,
and an advisor to Advent International PLC.
Vice Chairman
Jacques de Vaucleroy has served on Ahold
Delhaize’s Supervisory Board since July 24, 2016, and
is member of the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee
and the Governance and Nomination Committee.
Prior to the merger between Ahold and Delhaize,
he served on Delhaize’s Board of Directors starting
in 2005 and was Chairman of its Governance and
Nomination Committee.
Jacques has spent most of his career within the ING
group, where he was a member of the executive
board and CEO of ING Insurance and Investment
Management Europe. Jacques was a member of
AXA Group’s management committee and CEO of
the company’s Northern, Central and Eastern Europe
business unit from 2010 until 2016. He also assumed
global responsibility for the AXA Group’s life and
savings and health businesses from 2011 until 2016.
Currently Jacques is a member of the board of
directors of Fidelity International Ltd and serves on
the board of directors of several subsidiaries of Swiss
Re Ltd. He is also a member of the advisory board of
CVC Belgium.
Female
Belgian
Male
American
Dutch
