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TomTom Annual Report and Accounts 2011
30
Profi les of the Supervisory Board
KAREL VUURSTEEN (70) | 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 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 Het Concertgebouw Fonds and Stichting Grachtenfestival. He was fi rst appointed to the
TomTom Supervisory Board in April 2007. His current term runs until 2014.
DOUG DUNN (67) | Deputy Chairman
Doug Dunn is a British national. He holds a Higher National Qualifi cation in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the College of
Advanced Technology, Sheffi eld 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 Plessey Plc and the 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
Offi cer of its Semiconductor Division from 1993 until 1996 and its Consumer Electronics division from 1996 until 1999. From 1999 to 2004
he was Chief Executive Offi cer 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. He is also a member of the Supervisory Boards of STMicroelectronics NV and BE
Semiconductor Industries NV (Besi). He was fi rst appointed to the TomTom Supervisory Board in May 2005. His current term runs until 2015.
GUY DEMUYNCK (60)
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 Offi cer 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
Offi cer 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 non-executive member of the Management Board
of Belgacom NV and a member of the Supervisory Board of Apollo Vredestein BV. He is also a member of the Supervisory Boards of Xsens
Holding BV, a company active in the sensor industry and Teleplan International NV, a global provider of high-tech after-market computer
services. In addition, Guy was recently appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board of Divitel BV, a company active in the digital
streaming technology. He was fi rst appointed to the TomTom Supervisory Board in May 2005. His current term runs until 2012.