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Profile of the
Management Board
and Supervisory Board
SUPERVISORY BOARD
1 Karel Vuursteen (68)
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Karel Vuursteen is a Dutch national. Having earned a Masters in
Agriculture from Wageningen University in the Netherlands, Karel
worked from 1968 to 1991 for Royal Philips Electronics NV, including
management positions throughout Europe and North America. His
last position at Royal Philips was President of Philips Lighting BV. In
1991, Karel joined Heineken NV as a member of the Executive Board,
moving into the role of Vice Chairman in 1992 and finally Chairman of
the Executive Board from 1993 until 2002. Karel is currently a
member of the Board of Directors of Heineken Holding NV, Chairman
of the Supervisory Board of Akzo Nobel NV, a member of the
Supervisory Board of ING Groep NV and a member of the Board of
Henkel KGaA. Karel is also Chairman of Stichting Concertgebouw
Fonds and Vice Chairman of Stichting Nyenrode University. He was
first appointed to the TomTom Supervisory Board in April 2007. His
current term runs until 2010.
2 Doug Dunn (65)
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Doug Dunn is a British national. He holds a Higher National
Qualification in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the College of
Advanced Technology, Sheffield University. After various engineering
and senior management positions in the US and UK with Motorola
Semiconductors, he was Managing Director of the Semiconductor and
Components division of General Electric Company Plc from 1980 until
1993. He was a member of the Board of Management of Royal Philips
Electronics NV and Chief Executive Officer of its Semiconductor Division
(1993-1996) and its Consumer Electronics division (1996-1999). From
1999 to 2004 he was Chief Executive Officer and President of ASML
Holding NV. Doug currently serves as chairman of the Board of
Directors of ARM Holdings Plc and is a non-executive director of Soitec
SA and member of the Supervisory Board of STMicroelectronics NV. In
May 2009 he was elected to the Supervisory Board of BE Semiconductor
Industries NV (Besi). He was first appointed to the TomTom
Supervisory Board in May 2005. His current term runs until 2011.
3 Guy Demuynck (58)
Member of the Supervisory Board
Guy Demuynck is a Belgian national. Guy gained his Masters degrees
in Applied Economics and Marketing & Distribution from the Universities
of Antwerp and Ghent respectively. He began his career at Royal Philips
Electronics NV, where he worked for 26 years in various commercial
and marketing roles in Europe, the US and East Asia, culminating in
his appointment as Chief Executive Officer of Philips Consumer
Electronics division in 2000. In this role, he also served as a member
of the Philips Group Management Committee until December 2002.
Guy is a former member of the Board of Management of Royal KPN,
with responsibility for KPN’s mobile division, and served on the
Supervisory Board of E-Plus Mobilfunk Geschäftsführungs GmbH.
From 2006 until August 2008, Guy was Chief Executive Officer of
Kroymans Corporation BV, a company active in the automotive industry.
Guy currently is a member of the Management Board of Belgacom
NV, a member of the Advisory Board of the Acceleration Group and
Chief Executive Director of Liquavista BV, a company active in the
consumer electronic industry. He was first appointed to the TomTom
Supervisory Board in May 2005. His current term runs until 2012.
4 Rob van den Bergh (59)
Member of the Supervisory Board
Rob van den Bergh is a Dutch national. Rob earned his Masters degree
in Law at Leiden University in the Netherlands. From 1975 until 1980,
Rob worked as Legal Counsel General Affairs for the “Nederlandse
Dagblad”. He then began a longstanding career with VNU NV
(currently Nielsen Media Research BV) from 1980 until 2006. This
included six years as a member of the Executive Board, two years as
Vice Chairman of the Executive Board, and finally Chairman of the
Executive Board in the US. Rob was a member of the Supervisory
Board of ABN AMRO NV from 2005 until 2009. He currently serves as
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of NV Deli Universal and as a
member of the Supervisory Board of Pon Holdings BV. He is also
President of the Executive Board of TiasNimbas Business School of
the Tilburg University, a member of the Advisory Board of CVC Capital
Partners Nederland and a member of the Investment Committee of
NPM Capital NV. He was first appointed to the TomTom Supervisory
Board in April 2007. His current term runs until 2011.
5 Ben van der Veer (58)
Member of the Supervisory Board
Ben van der Veer is a Dutch national. He became a Registered
Accountant in 1980 while he was employed by KPMG in the Netherlands.
In 1987 he was appointed as partner of KPMG and from 1989 he was
Chairman for the Amsterdam office. Ben joined the Board of
Management in 1997 and was elected Chairman of the Board of
Management in 1999. In this capacity he joined the International Board
of the KPMG network. In 2005 Ben was elected as Chairman of the
Board of the EMEA region, one of KPMG’s three international regions.
In this leading position he also became a member of the International
Management Committee of the KPMG International network. Ben
retired from KPMG in September 2008. Ben is currently a non-executive
director of Reed Elsevier Group plc and Reed Elsevier PLC and a
member of the Supervisory Board of Reed Elsevier NV. He is also a
member of the Supervisory Boards of AEGON NV, Siemens Nederland
NV, Royal FrieslandCampina NV, UNICEF in the Netherlands and
Stichting Amsterdams Historisch Museum. He was first appointed to
the TomTom Supervisory Board in October 2008. His current term
runs until 2012.
6 Peter Wakkie (61)
Member of the Supervisory Board
Peter Wakkie is a Dutch national. With a background in law, Peter
was a member of the Executive Board of Royal Ahold NV from 2003
until December 2009. He recently co-founded his own company
SPINATH+WAKKIE which provides crisis management consultancy
services to Dutch enterprises facing unforeseen and, potentially,
damaging events. In addition he is Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory
Board of Wolters Kluwer NV, a member of the Supervisory Board of
BCD Holdings NV, a member of the Board of the Dutch Association of
Security Issuers (“Vereniging Effecten Uitgevende Ondernemingen”)
and a member of the Monitoring Commissie Corporate Governance
Code. He was first appointed to the TomTom Supervisory Board in
April 2009. His current term runs until 2013.
7 Joost Tjaden (60)
Member of the Supervisory Board
Joost Tjaden is a Dutch national. Joost earned an MBA at the
Rotterdam University in the Netherlands. In 1976, he joined Oranje
Nassau Groep BV, a privately held investment company in the
Netherlands, moving into the role of a member of its Management
Board in 1986. Between 1988 and 1993, he was President and CEO
of TBM Associates, Inc. (Boston, MA), a US based investment
management company. He served on the Supervisory Board of Tele
Atlas from 1996 until its acquisition by TomTom in 2008. He currently
serves as the Managing Director of Janivo Holding BV, a privately held
investment company in the Netherlands. He is also Chairman of the
Supervisory Board of Wave International BV, Brabant Aluminium
International BV and Intivation BV and a member of the Supervisory
Board of M&R de Monchy NV, NSI/DSG LP, Mirus, Inc., Fidelio
Properties LP and Emerging Market Alternatives LLC. He was first
appointed to the TomTom Supervisory Board in June 2009. His
current term runs until 2013.