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Report of the Directors Board and Executive
Chairman
Michael Treschow1,2
Nationality: Swedish. Aged 66.
Chairman since May 2007. Chairman,
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson.
Non-Executive Director, ABB Group.
Board member, Knut and Alice Wallenberg
Foundation, Member of the European Advisory
Board, Eli Lilly and Company. Chairman,
AB Electrolux 2004-2007 and Confederation
of Swedish Enterprise 2004-2007.
Vice-Chairman
Jeroen van der Veer3,4,5
Nationality: Dutch. Aged 62.
Appointed 2002. Non-Executive Director,
Royal Dutch Shell plc. Member, Supervisory
Board of Philips, and Vice-Chairman ING.
Member, Supervisory Board of De
Nederlandsche Bank N.V. 2000-2004.
Non-Executive Directors
The Rt Hon The Lord Brittan
of Spennithorne QC, DL6
Nationality: British. Aged 70.
Appointed 2000. Vice-Chairman, UBS
Investment Bank and Chairman, UBS Limited.
Director, UBS Securities Company Limited.
Member, International Advisory Committee
of Total. Member, Advisory Board of Teijin
Ltd. Member, European Commission and
Vice-President 1989-1999. Member, UK
Government 1979-1986. Home Secretary
1983-1985 and Secretary of State for Trade
and Industry 1985-1986.
Professor Wim Dik7
Nationality: Dutch. Aged 71.
Appointed 2001. Professor at Delft University
of Technology. Chairman, Advisory Board
of Spencer Stuart Netherlands. Vice-chairman
of Supervisory Board of Stage Entertainment
B.V. Non-Executive Director, Aviva plc 1999-2009
and Logica plc 2002-2009. Chairman and CEO,
Koninklijke PTT Nederland (KPN) 1988-1998
and Koninklijke KPN N.V. (Royal Dutch Telecom)
1998-2000. Minister for Foreign Trade,
Netherlands 1981-1982.
Louise Fresco8
Nationality: Dutch. Aged 58.
Appointed May 2009. Professor of International
Development and Sustainability at the University
of Amsterdam. Supervisory Director, RABO Bank.
Member, SER. Trustee, Roosevelt Academy.
Board of Directors
Executive Directors
Paul Polman
Chief Executive Officer
Nationality: Dutch. Aged 53.
Chief Executive Ofcer since January 2009.
Appointed Director October 2008. President,
Kilimanjaro Blind Trust. Patron, Leaders for
Nature, an International Union for Conservation
of Nature (IUCN) initiative. Various positions
within Procter & Gamble Co. 1979-2001,
Group President Europe and Officer, Procter &
Gamble Co. 2001-2006. Chief Financial Officer,
Nestlé S.A. 2006-2008. Executive Vice President
and Zone Director for the Americas 2008.
Jean-Marc Huët*
Chief Financial Officer
Nationality: Dutch. Aged 40.
Appointed Chief Financial Officer February
2010. Chief Financial Officer, Bristol-Myers
Squibb 2008-2009. Royal Numico NV
2003-2007. Executive Director, Goldman
Sachs International 1993-2003. Clement
Trading 1991-1993.
*Jean-Marc Huët will be proposed for election as an Executive Director at the 2010 AGMs.
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