Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board supervises the policies of the executive management (the Board of Management) and the general course of affairs of the Company and its affiliates and advises the executive management thereon.

J-M. Hessels

J-M. Hessels

Chairman

Member of the Supervisory Board since 1999; third term expires in 2011.

 

Former CEO of Royal Vendex KBB and currently Chairman of the Board of NYSE Euronext Inc. member of the Supervisory Board of Heineken.

J.M. Thompson

J.M. Thompson

Vice-Chairman and Secretary

Member of the Supervisory Board since 2003; second term expires in 2011.

 

Former Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of IBM and director of Hertz and Robert Mondavi; currently Chairman of the Board of Toronto Dominion Bank and a Director of Thomson Corporation.

Sir Richard Greenbury

Sir Richard Greenbury

Member of the Supervisory Board since 1998; third term expires in 2010.

 

Former Chairman and CEO of Marks & Spencer and former Director of Lloyds TSB, British Gas, ICI, Zeneca and Electronics Boutique Plc.

C.J.A. Van Lede

C.J.A. Van Lede

Member of the Supervisory Board since 2003; second term expires in 2011.

 

Former Chairman of the Board of Management of Akzo Nobel and currently Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Heineken, executive member of the Boards of AirFrance/KLM, Sara Lee Corporation, Air Liquide. Member of the Board of Directors of INSEAD and Senior Advisor JP Morgan Plc.

E. Kist

E. Kist

Member of the Supervisory Board since 2004; second term expires in 2012.

 

Former Chairman of the Executive Board of ING Group and currently member of the Supervisory Boards of the Dutch Central Bank, DSM, Moody's Investor Services and Stage Entertainment.

J.J. Schiro

J.J. Schiro

Member of the Supervisory Board since 2005; second term expires in 2013.

 

CEO of Zürich Financial Services and Chairman of the Group Management Board. Also serves on various boards of private and listed companies including PepsiCo as chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Supervisory Board.

H. von Prondzynski

H. Von Prondzynski

Member of the Supervisory Board since 2007; first term expires in 2011.

 

Former member of the Corporate Executive Committee of the F. Hofmann-La Roche Group and former CEO of the Division Diagnostics Roche and currently member of the Supervisory Board of Qiagen and Epigenomics.

 

C.A. Poon

Ms. C.A. Poon

Member of the Supervisory Board since 2009; first term expires in 2013.

 

Former Vice Chairman of Johnson & Johnson’s Board of Directors and Worldwide Chairman of the Pharmaceuticals Group. Currently dean of Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business.

J. van der Veer

J. van der Veer

Member of the Supervisory Board since 2009; first term expires in 2013.

 

Former Chief Executive of the Executive Committee of Royal Dutch Shell; currently Non-executive Director of Unilever, Member of the Supervisory Boards of ING, Unilever, Royal Dutch Shell and Chairman of the European Round Table Energy and Climate Change Working Group.

 

On June 23, the Supervisory Board and Board of Management of Royal Philips Electronics received the saddening news of the passing away of

 

Prof. K.A.L.M. van Miert
Member of the Supervisory Board of Royal Philips Electronics