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DIRECTORS’ KEY AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Finance
Consumer
Science & technology
Sales & marketing
Academic / Gov. / Legal / Regulatory Affairs
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BOARD OF DIRETORS
MIHAEL TRESHOW
Chairman
KEES STORM
Vice-Chairman and Senior
Independent Director
PAUL POLMAN
Chief Executive Officer
Executive Director
JEANMAR HUT
Chief Financial Officer
Executive Director
Nationality Swedish Age 71, Male
Appointed Chairman May 2007
Committee membership: Nominating
and Corporate Governance;
Compensation
Key areas of experience: Consumer,
science & technology
Current external appointments:
ABB Group (NED); Eli Lilly and Company
(European Advisory Board member)
Previous relevant experience:
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson
(Chairman); AB Electrolux (Chairman);
Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
(Chairman); AB Electrolux (CEO)
Nationality Dutch Age 72, Male
Appointed May 2006
Committee membership:
Nominating and Corporate Governance
(Chairman); Compensation
Key areas of experience: Finance
Current external appointments:
Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A. (Chairman);
Baxter International, Inc. (Board
member); Pon Holdings B.V.
(Vice-Chairman, Supervisory Board);
Confederation of Netherlands Industry
and Employers (VNO-NCW) (Member)
Previous relevant experience: AEGON
N.V. (Chairman, Executive Board)
Nationality Dutch Age 58, Male
Appointed CEO January 2009
Appointed Director October 2008
Key areas of experience:
Finance, consumer, sales & marketing
Current external appointments:
The Dow Chemical Company (NED);
World Business Council for Sustainable
Development (Chairman, Executive
Committee); UN Global Compact (Board
member); UK Business Ambassador
Previous relevant experience:
Procter & Gamble Co. (Group president,
Europe); Nestlé S.A. (CFO); Alcon Inc
(Director)
Nationality Dutch Age 45, Male
Appointed CFO February 2010
Appointed Director May 2010
Key areas of experience:
Finance, consumer
Current external appointments:
Delta Topco Limited (NED); Heineken
N.V. (Supervisory Board member)
Previous relevant experience:
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (EVP and
CFO); Mead Johnson Nutrition (NED);
Royal Numico NV (CFO); Goldman Sachs
International (Investment Banking)
LAURAHA
Non-Executive Director
PROFESSOR LOUISE FRESO
Non-Executive Director
ANN FUDE
Non-Executive Director
DR BYRON ROTE
Non-Executive Director
Nationality Chinese Age 65, Female
Appointed May 2013
Committee membership: Corporate
Responsibility
Key areas of experience:
Finance, government, legal & regulatory
affairs
Current external appointments:
HSBC Holdings plc (Independent NED);
China Telecom Corporation Limited
(Independent NED); The Hongkong and
Shanghai Banking Corporation
(Non-executive deputy Chairman);
Foundation Asset Management AB
(Senior international adviser)
Previous relevant experience:
Securities and Futures Commission,
Hong Kong. China Securities Regulatory
Commission
Nationality Dutch Age 63, Female
Appointed May 2009
Committee membership:
Corporate Responsibility (Chairman)
Key areas of experience:
Science & technology, academia
Current external appointments:
Wageningen UR (President of the
Executive Board)
Previous relevant experience:
Agriculture Department of the UN’s Food
and Agriculture Organisation (Assistant
director-general for agriculture)
Nationality American Age 63, Female
Appointed May 2009
Committee membership: Compensation
Key areas of experience: Consumer,
sales & marketing
Current external appointments:
Novartis AG (NED); General Electric Co.
(NED); US Programs Advisory
Panel of Gates Foundation (Chairman)
Previous relevant experience:
Marriott International (NED); Young &
Rubicam (Chairman and CEO)
Nationality American/British
Age 66, Male
Appointed May 2006
Committee membership:
Audit (Chairman)
Key areas of experience: Finance
Current external appointments:
Anglo American plc (NED); Standard
Chartered Bank (NED); Akzo Nobel N.V.
(Supervisory Board member)
Previous relevant experience: BP plc
(CFO); UKBusiness – Government
Forum on Tax and Globalisation
(Member); UK Government’s Public
Services Productivity Panel (Vice-
Chairman)
MARY MA
Non-Executive Director
HIXONIA NYASULU
Non-Executive Director
SIR MALOLM RIFKIND
Non-Executive Director
JOHN RISHTON
Non-Executive Director
Nationality Chinese Age 62, Female
Appointed May 2013
Committee membership: Audit
Key areas of experience:
Finance, consumer, science &
technology
Current external appointments:
Boyu Capital (Chairman); MXZ
Investment Limited (Director); Lenovo
Group Limited (NED); Securities and
Futures Commission in Hong Kong
(NED); Stelux Holdings International
Limited (NED)
Previous relevant experience:
TPG Capital (Partner); TPG China
(Co-Chairman)
Nationality South African
Age 60, Female
Appointed May 2007
Committee membership: Audit
Key areas of experience:
Sales & marketing
Current external appointments: Sasol
Oil (Pty) Limited (Director); Sequel
Property Investments (Beneficiary)
Previous relevant experience: Sasol
Ltd (Chairman); Ithala Development
Finance Corporation (Chairman);
Nedbank Limited (Deputy Chairman);
AVI Ltd (NED)
Nationality British Age 68, Male
Appointed May 2010
Committee membership: Nominating
and Corporate Governance
Key areas of experience: Government,
legal & regulatory affairs
Current external appointments:
Adam Smith International (NED);
Alliance Medical Holdings Limited
(NED); Member of UK Parliament
Previous relevant experience:
Queen’s Counsel; Served in
Cabinets of Margaret Thatcher
and John Major, last position
being that of UK Foreign Secretary;
Continental Farmers Group plc (NED)
Nationality British Age 57, Male
Appointed May 2013
Committee membership: Audit
Key areas of experience:
Finance, sales & marketing
Current external appointments:
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (CEO);
AeroSpace and Defence Trade
Organisation (ASD) (Board member)
Previous relevant experience:
Royal Ahold N.V. (CEO, President and
CFO); ICA AB (NED); Allied Domecq plc
(NED); British Airways plc (CFO)
FEIKE SIJBESMA
Non-Executive Director
PAUL WALSH
Non-Executive Director
Nationality Dutch Age 55, Male
Appointed November 2014.
Key areas of experience:
Finance, consumer, science &
technology
Current external appointments:
Royal DSM N.V. (CEO and Chairman);
De Nederlandsche Bank (Member);
CEFIC (European Chemical Industry
Council) (Board member)
Previous relevant experience:
Supervisory board of DSM Netherlands
(Chairman); Dutch Genomics Initiative
(NGI) (Member); University Utrecht
(Board member); Dutch Cancer Institute
(NKI/AVL) (Board member)
Nationality British Age 59, Male
Appointed May 2009
Committee membership: Compensation
(Chairman)
Key areas of experience: Finance,
consumer, sales & marketing
Current external appointments:
Compass Group plc (Chairman); FedEx
Corporation Inc. (NED); Avanti
Communications Group plc (NED); Ontex
(Chairman); United Spirits Limited (NED);
RM2 (NED)
Previous relevant experience:
Diageo plc (CEO); Centrica plc (NED)
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