Member of the Board of Management since April 2006 and the Executive Committee
Rudy Provoost began his professional career in 1984 with Procter & Gamble Benelux in Management Systems and worked for a number of years as a project manager on various finance, operations and marketing and sales assignments.
In 1987, he joined Canon Belgium as Marketing Planning Manager, and later became Sales and Marketing Manager for the Reprographics division. In 1989, he was appointed General Manager Marketing for all business operations.
In 1992, Mr. Provoost joined Whirlpool as Managing Director for Belgium. He was named Vice-President Consumer Services for Europe in 1993, and went on to become senior officer of Whirlpool Corporation and, successively, Vice-President Group Sales in 1994, Vice-President Group Marketing in 1996, and Vice-President Whirlpool Brand Group for Europe in 1999.
In October 2000, he joined Philips as Executive Vice-President of Consumer Electronics in Europe. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Global Sales and Services for Consumer Electronics, as well as Senior Vice-President and member of the Group Management Committee in August 2003. In 2004, he became Chief Executive Officer of the Consumer Electronics division, and went on to become Chief Executive Officer of the Lighting sector in 2008. In April 2006, he was appointed a member of the Board of Management.
Mr. Provoost was born in 1959 in Belgium and holds degrees in Psychology and Business Administration & Management from the University of Gent in Belgium. During his military service duty as an Officer in the Medical Services Division of the Belgian Army in 1983 -1984, Mr. Provoost also followed a university program for specialization in hospital management.
Memberships - EICTA (European Information Technology, Consumer Electronics and Telecommunication Association), President & Chairman of the Executive Board (August 2004 – May 2008)
- LG-Philips LCD, Chairman of the Board of Directors (February 2006 – February 2008)
- TCL Corporation, Member of the Board of Directors (January 2007 – January 2009)
- EFQM (European Federation of Quality Management), member of the Board of Directors (since April 2008)
- Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Belgium, member of the Business Council (since January 2009)
- Leuven Gent Management School, member of the Board of Directors (since September 2009)
*Rudy Provoost will leave Philips per September 30th. | 
