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p 44 / TomTom Annual Report and Accounts 2010
Profiles of the Management Board
<<< Harold Goddijn
<< Marina Wyatt
<Alain De Taeye
Harold Goddijn (50)
Member of the Management Board,
Chief Executive Officer
Harold Goddijn is a Dutch national. Having
studied Economics at Amsterdam University,
Harold started his career with a venture capital
firm. He then founded Psion Netherlands BV
in 1989, as a joint venture with Psion Plc,
and in 1991 co-founded TomTom with
Peter-Frans Pauwels and Pieter Geelen.
He continued to lead Psion Netherlands BV,
developing it into a key European distributor.
In 1998, he was appointed Managing
Director of Psion Computers and served on
the Board of Psion Plc from 1998 to 1999.
Harold was appointed Chief Executive Officer
of TomTom in 2001 and was re-appointed
at the AGM in 2009.
Marina Wyatt (47)
Member of the Management Board,
Chief Financial Officer
Marina Wyatt is a British national. She is a
Cambridge University graduate, a Chartered
Accountant and a Fellow of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants in England and
Wales. Having spent nine years with Arthur
Andersen in the UK and US, Marina joined
Psion Plc as Group Controller in 1994 and
became Chief Financial Officer in 1996. She
was also a Non-executive Director of
Symbian and of the publishing company
Blackwell’s. In 2002 Marina was appointed
Chief Financial Officer of Colt Telecom Plc.
Marina joined TomTom as Chief Financial
Officer in 2005 and was re-appointed at
the AGM in 2009.
Alain De Taeye (53)
Member of the Management Board
Alain De Taeye is a Belgian national. He
graduated as engineer-architect from the
University of Ghent. After having done
research work in the field of Operations
Research at the Business School of the
Ghent University, he founded Informatics
& Management Consultants (I&M) where,
next to IT consultancy, he continued his
work on digital map databases and routing.
In 1989 I&M was integrated into the Dutch
Tele Atlas group and as of 1990 Alain
headed the Tele Atlas group, successfully
introducing the company on the Frankfurt
and the Amsterdam Stock Exchanges. In
2008, TomTom acquired Tele Atlas and
Alain was appointed as a member of the
Management Board in October 2008.