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Profiles of the Supervisory Board
<<< Karel Vuursteen
<< Doug Dunn
<Guy Demuynck
<<< Rob van den Bergh
<< Ben van der Veer
<Peter Wakkie
Karel Vuursteen (69)
Chairman
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 and a member of the Board of Henkel KGaA.
Karel is also Chairman of Stichting Concertgebouw
Fonds and Stichting Grachtenfestival. He was first
appointed to the TomTom Supervisory Board in April
2007. His current term runs until the AGM in 2014.
Doug Dunn (66)
Deputy Chairman
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 the 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 (1998) and Chief Executive
Officer of its Semiconductor Division (1993-1996) and
its Consumer Electronics division (1996-1998). 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 the AGM in 2011.
Guy Demuynck (59)
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 NV, 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. In 2009
and 2010, Guy was the Chief Executive Director of
Liquavista BV, a company active in the consumer
electronic industry. Guy currently is a member of the
Management Board of Belgacom NV. He was recently
appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board of both
Apollo Vredestein BV, a tyre manufacturer and Xsens
Holding BV, a company active in the sensor industry. He
was first appointed to the TomTom Supervisory Board in
May 2005. His current term runs until the AGM in 2012.
Rob van den Bergh (60)
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 “Nederlandse Dagblad
Unie”, a publisher of Dutch daily newspapers. 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 Boards of NV Deli Maatschappij and
Stichting holding Isala Klinieken and as a member of the
Supervisory Boards of Holding Nationale Goede Doelen
Loterijen NV (Postcode Loterij) and Pon Holdings BV.
He is also a member of the Advisory Board of CVC
Capital Partners Nederland and 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 the AGM in 2011.
Ben van der Veer (59)
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
Friesland Campina NV and Stichting Amsterdams
Historisch Museum. He was first appointed to the
TomTom Supervisory Board in October 2008. His current
term runs until the AGM in 2012.
Peter Wakkie (62)
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. He is also Deputy Chairman of the
Supervisory Board of Wolters Kluwer NV and a member
of the Supervisory Boards of ABN AMRO Group NV,
ABN AMRO Bank NV and BCD Holdings NV. In addition,
Peter is 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 the AGM in 2013.