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Gerard Kleisterlee 1946, Dutch
President/CEO and Chairman of the Board of Management and the Group Management
Committee
President/CEO and Chairman of the Board of Management since April 2001; member of the
Board of Management since April 2000; member of the Group Management Committee
since January 1999
Corporate responsibilities: Communications, Internal Audit, Legal, Human Resources
Management, Strategy, Marketing, Lighting, Semiconductors, Region Asia and China Growth
Plan
After graduating in electronic engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology, Gerard
Kleisterlee started his career with Philips in 1974 at Medical Systems. In 1981 he became general
manager of Professional Audio Systems. In 1986 he joined Philips Components, and after
becoming general manager of Philips Display Components for Europe, he was appointed
managing director of Philips Display Components worldwide in 1994. He became president of
Philips Taiwan and regional manager for Philips Components in Asia Pacific in 1996. He was also
responsible for the activities of the Philips Group in China from September 1997 to June 1998.
From January 1999 to September 2000 he was President/CEO of the former Philips
Components division.
Gerard Kleisterlee is also Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Eindhoven University of
Technology and non-executive director of Vivendi Universal.
Ad Huijser 1946, Dutch
Executive Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer
Member of the Board of Management since April 2002; Chief Technology Officer since May
2001; member of the Group Management Committee since April 1999 and CEO of Philips
Research since 1998
Corporate responsibilities: Technology Management, Research, Center for Industrial
Technology, Intellectual Property & Standards, Philips Optical Storage, LG.Philips ventures,
Philips Software
After graduating from Eindhoven University of Technology, Ad Huijser gained a Ph.D. in applied
physics from the University of Twente. He joined Philips in 1970 and held various positions in
the Research Laboratories before becoming chief technology officer for the Consumer
Electronics division in 1991. A year later he became managing director of R&D for the
Television business group. In 1994 he returned to the Research Laboratories as managing
director and chairman of the management committee, and in 1996 he was appointed senior
adviser and director of Philips Multimedia Center in California.
Ad Huijser is also a member of the Supervisory Board of CQM (Centre for Quantitative
Methods) and Chairman of the Board of Directors of LG.Philips LCD.
Jan Hommen 1943, Dutch
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Management and Chief Financial Officer
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Management since April 2002; member of the Board of
Management and the Group Management Committee and Chief Financial Officer since
March 1997
Corporate responsibilities: Medical Systems, Control, Treasury, Fiscal, Mergers &
Acquisitions, Investor Relations, Information Technology, Pensions, Real Estate, Purchasing,
Corporate Investments, Region North America, Region Latin America, NAVTEQ, MedQuist
Jan Hommen studied business economics at Tilburg University, before beginning his career as
controller at Lips Aluminium in Drunen (The Netherlands) in 1970. This company was taken
over by Alcoa in 1975, whereupon he became financial director of Alcoa Nederland. In 1978,
Jan Hommen moved to Alcoa’s head office in Pittsburgh, USA, as assistant-treasurer, becoming
vice-president and treasurer in 1986 and executive vice-president and chief financial officer in
1991.
Jan Hommen is Chairman of the Board of the Philips US subsidiary MedQuist. He is also a
member of the Supervisory Boards of Royal Ahold and TPG and Chairman of the Supervisory
Board of the University Hospital of Maastricht.
Gottfried Dutiné 1952, German
Executive Vice-President
Member of the Board of Management since April 2002; member of the Group Management
Committee since February 2002; from January 2003 to November 2004 he was
President/CEO of the Consumer Electronics division
Corporate responsibilities: Consumer Electronics, Domestic Appliances and Personal Care,
Region Europe, Middle East & Africa
Gottfried Dutiné holds a degree in electrical engineering and a Ph.D. in communications
technology from the University of Darmstadt, Germany. He began his career at
Rockwell-Collins in Frankfurt, where he was appointed director of engineering. In 1984 he
joined Motorola, and in 1989 he went to Robert Bosch GmbH, where he held several positions
before leaving for Alcatel in Paris at the end of 1997. At Alcatel he was appointed
vice-president of the Telecom Board Committee and area president for Central & Eastern
Europe and Russia.
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