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34
BIOGRAPHIES
Board of Directors
Chairman
Michael Treschow
Nationality: Swedish. Aged 68.
Appointed Chairman May 2007.
Non-Executive Director, ABB Group.
Board member, Knut and Alice
Wallenberg Foundation. Member
ofthe European Advisory, Eli Lilly
andCompany. Chairman,
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson
2002-2011. Chairman, AB Electrolux
2004-2007 and Confederation of
Swedish Enterprise 2004-2007.
Vice-Chairman & Senior
Independent Director
Kees J Storm
Nationality: Dutch. Aged 69.
Appointed May 2006.
Chairman, Supervisory Board,
andmember of the Audit Committee,
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines N.V.
Member, Supervisory Board, AEGON
N.V. Vice-Chairman and Chairman
ofAudit Committee, Anheuser-Busch
InBev S.A. Board member and Audit
Committee member, Baxter
International, Inc.. Vice-Chairman,
Supervisory Board, Pon Holdings B.V.
Executive Directors
Paul Polman
Chief Executive Officer
Nationality: Dutch. Aged 55.
Appointed Chief Executive Officer
January 2009.
Appointed Director October 2008.
Non-Executive Director, The Dow
Chemical Company. President,
Kilimanjaro Blind Trust. 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 42.
Appointed Director May 2010.
Appointed Chief Financial Officer
February 2010.
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer, Bristol-Myers
Squibb Company 2008-2009.
Non-Executive Director, Mead
Johnson Nutrition 2009. Chief
Financial Officer, Royal Numico NV
2003-2007. Investment Banking,
Goldman Sachs International 1993-
2003. Clement Trading 1991-1993.
Non-Executive Directors
Louise Fresco
Nationality: Dutch. Aged 60.
Appointed May 2009.
Professor of International
Development and Sustainability
at the University of Amsterdam.
Supervisory Director, RABO Bank.
Member, Social and Economic
Council of the Netherlands (SER).
Ann Fudge
Nationality: American. Aged 60.
Appointed May 2009.
Non-Executive Director, Infosys,
Novartis AG, General Electric Co.,
and Buzzient Inc. Chairman, US
Programs Advisory Panel of Gates
Foundation. Honorary director of
Catalyst. Member, Foreign Affairs
Policy Board, U.S. State Department.
Member, Finance Committee of
Harvard University.
Charles E Golden
Nationality: American. Aged 65.
Appointed May 2006.
Non-Executive Director Indiana
University Health, Hill-Rom Holdings,
Eaton Corporation and the Lilly
Endowment. Member of Finance
Committee, Indianapolis Museum
ofArt. Executive Vice-President,
Chief Financial Officer and Director,
Eli Lilly and Company 1996-2006.
Byron E Grote
Nationality: American/British.
Aged 63.
Appointed May 2006.
Executive Vice President, Corporate
Business Activities, BP p.l.c. Member,
UK Business – Government Forum
onTax and Globalisation 2008-2010.
Vice-Chairman, UK Government’s
Public Services Productivity Panel
1998-2000.
Sunil B Mittal
Nationality: Indian. Aged 54.
Appointed May 2011.
Founder, Chairman and Group CEO,
Bharti Enterprises. Awarded Global
Economy Prize by the Kiel Institute in
Germany and Global Vision Award by
the US-India Business Council.
President, Confederation of Indian
Industry. Co-chairman, World
Economic Forum at Davos and
member of its International Business
Council.
Hixonia Nyasulu
Nationality: South African. Aged 57.
Appointed May 2007.
Chairman, Sasol Ltd. Non-Executive
Director, Barloworld Ltd. Member,
Advisory Board of JP Morgan S.A.
Beneficiary, Sequel Property
Investments.
Sir Malcolm Rifkind
Nationality: British. Aged 65.
Appointed May 2010.
A Queen’s Counsel. Served in
Cabinets of Margaret Thatcher
andJohn Major, last position
beingthat of Foreign Secretary.
Non-Executive Director, Adam Smith
International and Continental
Farmers Group plc.
Paul Walsh
Nationality: British. Aged 56.
Appointed May 2009.
Chief Executive Officer and Director,
Diageo PLC. Non-Executive Director,
FedEx Corporation Inc. and Avanti
Communications Group PLC.
Member, Business Advisory Group,
Advisor to the Department of
Energyand Climate Change.
Member, International Business
Leaders Forum.
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