Supervisory Board

As a separate and independent body, the Supervisory Board supervises the policies of the executive management and the general course of affairs of Philips and advises the executive management.

Feike Sijbesma

Born 1959, Dutch

Chairman
Chairman of the Corporate Governance and Nomination & Selection Committee
Member of the Supervisory Board since 2020;
first term expires in 2024; 2) 3)

Former CEO and member of the Managing Board of Koninklijke DSM NV. Currently Honorary Chairman of Koninklijke DSM NV, member of the Supervisory Board of Dutch Central Bank (DNB), non-executive Director of Unilever NV, Co-Chair of the Global Climate Adaptation Center and Member of the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum.

Chua Sock Koong

Born 1957, Singaporean

Member of the Supervisory Board since 2021;
first term expires in 2025; 1)

Former Group CEO of Singapore Telecommunications Limited and currently member of the Board of Directors of Prudential plc, Bharti Airtel Limited, Bharti Telecom Limited and Ayala Corporation. Member of the Council of Presidential Advisors of Singapore, Deputy Chairman of the Public Service Commission of Singapore.

Liz Doherty

Born 1957, British/Irish

Chairwoman of the Audit Committee. Member of the Supervisory Board since 2019;
first term expires in 2023; 1)

Former CFO and board member of Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC, former CFO of Brambles Ltd, former non-executive director and audit committee member at Delhaize Group, Nokia Corp., SABMiller PLC and Dunelm Group PLC. Currently, member of the Supervisory Board and Chairwoman of the audit committee of Novartis AG and of Corbion N.V. Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Former non-executive board member of the UK Ministry of Justice and of Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (UK). Currently advisor to GBfoods SA and Affinity Petcare SA, subsidiairies of Agrolimen SA.

Marc Harrison

Born 1964, American

Member of the Supervisory Board since 2018;
second term expires in 2026; 4)

Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Intermountain Healthcare and former Chief of International Business Development for Cleveland Clinic and Chief Executive Officer of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.

Peter Löscher

Born 1957, Austrian

Member of the Supervisory Board since 2020;
first term expires in 2024; 1) 4)

Former President and CEO of Siemens AG, President of Global Human Health and Member of the Executive Board of Merck & Co., President and CEO of GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences and member of GE’s Corporate Executive Council, CEO and Delegate of the Board of Directors of Renova Management AG. Currently member of the Board of Directors of Telefónica S.A. and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG, Non-Executive Director of Thyssen-Bornemisza Group AG and Doha Venture Capital LLC and Senior Advisor at Bain Capital Private Equity.

Indra Nooyi

Born 1955, American

Member of the Supervisory Board since 2021;
first term expires in 2025; 3)

Former CFO and Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo. Currently member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Audit Committee of Amazon, Inc. Member of the International Board of Advisors of Temasek, member of the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Sanjay Poonen

Born 1969, American

Member of the Supervisory Board since 2022;
first term expires in 2026; 1)

Former Chief Operating Officer at VMware and President at SAP. Currently CEO and President of Cohesity and member of the Board of Directors of Snyk.

David Pyott

Born 1953, British/American

Chairman of the Quality & Regulatory Committee
Member of the Supervisory Board since 2015;
second term expires in 2023; 2) 4)

Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Allergan, Inc. and former Lead Director of Avery Dennison Corporation. Currently member of the Board of Directors of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc., BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. and Pliant Therapeutics. Deputy Chairman of the Governing Board of London Business School, member of the Board of Trustees of California Institute of Technology, President of the Ophthalmology Foundation and President of the Advisory Board of the Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Paul Stoffels

Born 1962, Belgian

Vice-Chairman and Secretary
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
Member of the Supervisory Board since 2018;
second term expires in 2026; 2) 3)

Former Vice Chair of the Executive Committee and Chief Scientific Officer at Johnson & Johnson. Previously, Worldwide Chair of Pharmaceuticals at Johnson & Johnson, CEO of Virco and Chairman of Tibotec. Currently CEO of Galapagos NV.

(photo by Serge Ligtenberg)

Herna Verhagen

Born 1966, Dutch

Member of the Supervisory Board since 2022; first term expires in 2026; 2)

Currently CEO of PostNL, member of the Supervisory Board of ING Groep N.V., member of the Supervisory Board of Het Concertgebouw N.V., member of the Advisory Board of Goldschmeding Foundation and member of the executive committee and general board of VNO/NCW (Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers).

1) member of the Audit Committee
2) member of the Remuneration Committee
3) member of the Corporate Governance and Nomination & Selection Committee

4) member of the Quality & Regulatory Committee