Supervisory Board report
The Supervisory Board is an
independent corporate body
responsible for supervising
and advising our Management
Board, and 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.
Composition of the
Supervisory Board
Overview
Business review
Governance
Financials
Investors
Ahold Delhaize Annual Report 2016
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 Delhaize’s Supervisory Board.
On March 14, 2016, the Extraordinary General
Meeting of Shareholders reappointed Mark
McGrath for a third term and appointed Mary
Anne Citrino. On the same date, Mats Jansson,
Jacques de Vaucleroy, Jack Stahl, Bill McEwan,
Johnny Thijs, Dominique Leroy and Patrick
De Maeseneire were appointed subject to
and with effect from the date of the merger
between Ahold and Delhaize. On this date,
i.e., July 24, 2016, Derk Doijer stepped down
from the Supervisory Board. At the annual
General Meeting of Shareholders on April 12,
2017, Jan Hommen and Ben Noteboom will
be nominated for reappointment.
The composition of the Supervisory Board,
including its members’ combined experience
and expertise, independence, and diversity
of age and gender, should reflect the best
fit for Ahold Delhaize’s profile and strategy.
This aim for the best fit, in combination with
the availability of qualified candidates,
has resulted in Ahold Delhaize currently
having a Supervisory Board in which three
members are female and 11 members are
male. In order to increase gender diversity
on the Supervisory Board, we pay close
attention to gender diversity in the process of
recruiting and appointing new Supervisory
Board candidates.
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 the Global
Support Office 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 brands, 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.
Ahold Delhaize’s Supervisory Board
determines the number of its members.
The Supervisory Board profile is published
on Ahold Delhaize’s public website at
www.aholddelhaize.com. The Supervisory
Board is of the opinion that its current
composition is in accordance with this
profile, in terms of combined experience and
expertise, independence, and variety of ages
and genders. The Supervisory Board profile is
updated regularly.
