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Born September 28, 1946. A Dutch national, appointed a Non-executive Director of the Company with effect from November 2010.

He was President/Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Management of Koninklijke Philips N.V. from 2001 to 2011. Having joined Philips in 1974, he held several positions before being appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Philips’ Components division in 1999 and Executive Vice-President of Philips in 2000. From 2010 to 2013, he was a member of the board of Directors of Dell Inc. and, from 2009 to April 2014, he was a member of the Supervisory Board of Daimler AG.

He is Chairman of Vodafone Group plc, a member of the Supervisory Board of ASML Holding N.V. and a Non-executive Director of IBEX Global Solutions plc.