Members of the Supervisory Board
Mr W.C.J. Angenent (64, Dutch)
Mr Angenent has been a member of the Supervisory Board since 1997 and its Chairman since 2000, and holds his current appointment until the Annual General Meeting of shareholders in 2007.
He is also a member of the Remuneration and Appointment Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.
From 1998 until mid 2000 Mr Angenent was Chairman of the Board of Management of Laurus N.V. From 1970 until 1991 he held various positions with Unilever in the Netherlands, Latin America, France and the United Kingdom. From 1992 until 1998 he has been a member of the Board of Management of Vendex International N.V.
He is Chairman of the Supervisory Boards of Altera Vastgoed N.V., Hermans Holding B.V. and De Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V.
Mr R.J. Laan (62, French)
Mr Laan has been a member of the Supervisory Board since 1998 and Vice-Chairman since November 2001, and holds his current appointment until the Annual General Meeting of shareholders in 2008.
He is also Chairman of the Remuneration and Appointment Committee. Until July 2001 Mr Laan was General Partner of Lazard LLC. He currently is Senior Advisor of Lazard LLC and Chairman of the Advisory Board of Lazard B.V. in Amsterdam.
He is a member of the Supervisory Board of Koninklijke Luchtvaartmaatschappij (KLM) N.V. and AON France S.A. and a member of the Board of Directors of InBev N.V. (Belgium).
Mr D. Sinninghe Damsté (65, Dutch)
Mr Sinninghe Damsté has been a member of the Supervisory Board since May 2001. Mr Sinninghe Damsté will step down at the Annual General Meeting of shareholders on 29 April 2005, pursuant to the schedule adopted by the Supervisory Board. The Supervisory Board intends to nominate him for reappointment at this meeting.
He is also Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Until November 2000, Mr Sinninghe Damsté was a member and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Management of Hollandsche Beton Groep N.V. From 1968 to 1988 he held various positions at Royal Dutch Shell Group in the Netherlands and abroad.
He is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of HITT N.V. and a member of the Supervisory Board of BE Semiconductors Industries N.V. He is arbiter at Nederlands Arbitrage Instituut, member of the Banking Arbitration Board and a member of the Supervisory Board of Nederlands Kanker Instituut/Anthoni van Leeuwenhoek ziekenhuis.
Ms P. Kaminsky (68, American)
Ms Kaminsky has been a member of the Supervisory Board since October 2001, and holds her current appointment until the Annual General Meeting of shareholders in 2006.
She is also a member of the Remuneration and Appointment Committee.
Ms Kaminsky is President of Kaminsky Associates, an international consulting firm in the U.S.A. She was previously an official representative of the United Nations in Washington, Director for the Office of Public Liaison for the US Information Agency and member of the National Security Council of the White House.
She is a member of the Board of Directors of Leica Geosystems and Mapping LLC (a US subsidiary of Leica Geosystems AG, Switzerland), Kaba Mas Corporation (a US subsidiary of Kaba Holding AG, Switzerland) and Pegasus Homeland Security LLC (a US subsidiary of CNR Holding, Turkey) and member of the Board of Visitors of the National Defense University. |