Members of the Supervisory Board
Mr W.C.J. Angenent (67, Dutch)
Mr Angenent has been a member of the Supervisory Board since 1997 and its Chairman since 2000, and holds his current appointment until the Annual General Meeting of shareholders in 2009. He is also a member of the Remuneration and Appointment Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. From 1998 until mid 2000, Mr Angenent was Chairman of the Board of Management of Laurus N.V. From 1970 until 1991, he held various positions with Unilever in the Netherlands, Latin America, France and the United Kingdom. From 1992 until 1998, he was a member of the Board of Management of Vendex International N.V. He is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of De Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V. (‘FMO’).
Mr H.M.E.V. Giscard d’Estaing (48, French)
Mr Giscard d’Estaing has been a member of the Supervisory Board since April 2006, and holds his current appointment until the Annual General Meeting of shareholders in 2010. He is also Chairman of the Remuneration and Appointment Committee. Mr Giscard d’Estaing is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Club Méditerranée since December 2002. Before joining Club Méditerranée in 1997, he held various management positions at Danone Group and Cofremca. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Groupe Casino, Guichard-Perrachon.
Mrs B.C. Hodson OBE (56, British)
Mrs Hodson has been a member of the Supervisory Board since April 2006, and holds her current appointment until the Annual General Meeting of shareholders in 2010.She is also a member of the Audit Committee and of the Remuneration and Appointment Committee. Mrs Hodson was formerly Retail Managing Director of WH Smith Group PLC, having previously headed businesses within Sears PLC and the Boots Company PLC. She is a non executive director of First Milk, Robert Wiseman Dairies PLC and Iforce Holdings Ltd.
Mr D. Sinninghe Damsté (68, Dutch)
Mr Sinninghe Damsté has been a member of the Supervisory Board since May 2001 and Vice Chairman since December 2007. He holds his current appointment until the Annual General Meeting of shareholders in 2009. He is also Chairman of the Audit Committee. Until November 2000, Mr Sinninghe Damsté was a member and Vice Chairman of the Board of Management of Hollandsche Beton Groep N.V. From 1968 to 1988, he held various positions at Royal Dutch Shell Group in the Netherlands and abroad.He is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of HITT N.V. and a member of the Supervisory Board of BE Semiconductors Industries N.V and Chairman of its Audit Committee. He is a member of the Boards of Stichting Preferente Aandelen Getronics, Stichting Preferente Aandelen Macintosh and Stichting Preferente Aandelen HITT. He is a member of the Supervisory Board of Nederlands Kanker Instituut/Anthoni van Leeuwenhoek ziekenhuis.
Mr R.J. Laan (65, Dutch/French)
Mr Laan resigned from the Supervisory Board with effect from 9 October 2007. Mr Laan had been a member of the Supervisory Board since 1998 and Vice Chairman since November 2001. He was also Chairman of the Remuneration and Appointment Committee.Mr Laan was General Partner of Lazard LLC and subsequently from July 2001 until May 2006, he was Senior Advisor of Lazard LLC and Chairman of the Advisory Board of Lazard B.V. in Amsterdam. Since May 2006, he is Senior Partner with Leonardo in Paris. He is a member of the Supervisory Boards of KLM N.V. and AON France S.A., a member of the Boards of Directors of Patrinvest S.A. and KKR Private Equity Investors and a member of the Advisory Board of GLG Partners. He is a trustee of the Insead Foundation.