The Supervisory Board is responsible for supervising the company's management, the general performance of the company and and shall advise the Management Board. A detailed description of the responsibilities of the supervisory board can be found in the Supervisory Board Rules.

A. Ruys
(1947, Dutch nationality)

Chairman

First appointed in 2006
Second term of office expires in 2014

• Member of the Supervisory Board of British American Tobacco PLC
• Member of the Supervisory Board of ITC Ltd
• Member of the Supervisory Board of Janivo Holding B.V.
• Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Aidsfonds/ Stop Aids Now Foundations
• Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Rijksmuseum
• Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Madurodam Foundation
• Former Chairman of the Management Board of Heineken N.V.
  

T.A. Maas - de Brouwer
(1946, Dutch nationality)

Vice-Chairperson

First appointed in 2001
Final term of office expires in 2013

• Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Philips Electronics Nederland B.V.
• Member of the Supervisory Board of Arbo Unie
• Chairman of the Governing Council of Van Leer Group Foundation
• Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Van Gogh Museum
• Member of the Board of Governors of VNO-NCW
• Chairman of the Utrecht Development Board
• Former President of the HayVision Society
• Former Member of the Dutch Senate

J.G.B. Brouwer
(1955, Dutch nationality)

First appointed in 2011
First term of office expires in 2015

• Member of the Supervisory Board of RFS Holding/Wehkamp.nl 
• Member of the Supervisory Board of Albron B.V.
• Member of the Supervisory Board of DA Retailgroep B.V.
• Member of the Supervisory Board of Hoogvliet Supermarkten B.V.
• Member of the Supervisory Board of Kring-apotheek B.V.
• Member of the Advisory Board of the Retail Jaarprijs Foundation
• Member of the Management Board of VEDIS Detailhandelsplatform
• Former Chairman of the Management Board of de Boer N.V.
• Former Chairman of the Management Board of C1000 N.V.
  

dr. F.J.G.M. Cremers
(1952, Dutch nationality)

First appointed in 2006
Second term of office expires in 2015

• Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Fugro N.V.
• Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of N.V. Nederlandse Spoorwegen
• Member of the Supervisory Board of Koninklijke Vopak N.V.
• Member of the Supervisory Board of Unibail-Rodamco SE
• Member of the Supervisory Board of Parcom Capital B.V.
• Member of the Supervisory Board of SBM Offshore N.V.
• Member of the Capital Markets Committee of the AFM
• Board Member of the Stichting Preferente Aandelen of Philips and Heijmans
• Former CFO and Member of the Management Board of VNU N.V.
  

 

P. Graff
(1947, French nationality)

First appointed in 2009
First term of office expires in 2014

• Chairman and CEO of Aéroports de Paris S.A.
• Director GDF SUEZ 
• Director RATP
• Director SOGEPA
• Director SOGEADE Génerance SAS
• Member of the Economic and Social Council (France)
• Chairman of the European and international affairs committee of the National Tourism Council (France)
• Director of MEDEF-Paris, the French employers' organisation

H.J. Hazewinkel, RA
(1949, Dutch nationality)

First appointed in 2009
First term of office expires in 2013

• Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Reggefiber B.V.
• Chairman of the Supervisory Board of TKH Group N.V.
• Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Heisterkamp Beheer B.V.
• Member of the Supervisory Board of Reggeborgh Groep (stepped down at the end of 2011)
• Member of the Supervisory Board of Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster N.V.
• Member of the Supervisory Board of Zeeman Groep B.V.
• Member of the Supervisory Board of the Sociaal Werkvoorzieningschap Centraal Overijssel Soweco N.V.
• Member of the Supervisory Board of Zorgpunt Holding B.V.
• Member of the Management Board of Foundation ING Aandelen
• Member of the Supervisory Board of the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra
• Former Chairman of the Management Board of VolkerWessels  

 

 

M.A. Scheltema
(1954, Dutch nationality)

First appointed in 2010
First term of office expires in 2014

• Member of the Supervisory Board of ASR Nederland N.V.
• Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Triodos Bank N.V.
• Member of the Supervisory Board of ECN
• Member of the Supervisory Board of TNT Express N.V.
• External Member of the Audit Committee of Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP
• Member of the Supervisory Board of the Rijksmuseum Foundation
• Research Fellow of Erasmus University Rotterdam
• Member of the Advisory Board of Plan Nederland
• Member of the Supervisory Board of World Press Photo
• Treasurer of Institut Néerlandais, Paris
• Former CFO of Shell Nederland B.V.