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Group Management Committee
Arie Westerlaken 1946, Dutch
Member of the GMC since May 1998, Secretary to the Board
ofManagementsince1997andChiefLegalOfcersince1996
Corporate responsibilities: Legal, Company Secretary, Company
Manual, General Business Principles
Arie Westerlaken graduated in law from the University of Utrecht.
He �oined Philips’ Legal Department in the Netherlands in 1973
and was appointed General Counsel to Philips Japan in 1979.
AftersixyearsinJapanandveyearswiththeCorporateLegal
Department in Eindhoven, he left Philips in 1990 to become
Director of Legal Affairs at DAF Trucks. Returning to Philips in
1994, he was appointed Director of Legal Affairs.
Tjerk Hooghiemstra 1956, Dutch
Member of the GMC since April 2000; responsible for Human
Resources Management (HRM) since 2000
Corporate responsibilities: Human Resources Management
T�erk Hooghiemstra graduated in economics from Erasmus
University in Rotterdam in 1982. He spent three years with the
Amro Bank before �oining the Hay Group in 1986, becoming a
member of its European Executive Board and a Partner of the
Hay Group Exempted Partnership. Joining Philips in 1996, he was
appointed Managing Director of HRM for the Consumer
Electronics division.
Jouko Karvinen 1957, Finnish
Member of the GMC since October 2002 and CEO of the
Medical Systems division since 2002
Corporate responsibilities: Medical Systems
Jouko Karvinen holds an M.Sc. in electronics and industrial
economics from Tampere University of Technology in Finland.
Before �oining Philips in 2002, he was responsible for the Automation
Division of ABB Group Ltd. and was a member of the ABB Group
Executive Committee. Jouko Karvinen also served ABB Group in
several international positions, with business responsibilities in
Marketing and Sales, Pro�ect Management and Operations. He has
extensive experience in integrating businesses after acquisitions.
Daniel Hartert 1958, German
Member of the GMC since August 2003 and Chief Information
Ofcer(CIO)since2002
Corporate responsibilities: Information Technology
Daniel Hartert graduated in computer science and business
administrationin1986.Intherstsixyearsofhisprofessional
career he held various technical positions with Robert Bosch
GmbH and VLSI Technology GmbH in Munich. In 1992 he �oined
Bertelsmann AG as IT Director of its European music business. In
1995 he moved to New York as International CIO of Bertelsmann
Music Group, before returning to Germany four years later to
become Bertelsmann CIO and member of the Executive Board
of Bertelsmann’s Direct Group. In 2001 he was appointed to the
Executive Board of Arvato, the Services Division of Bertelsmann.
Andrea Ragnetti 1960, Italian
MemberoftheGMCsinceJanuary2003,ChiefMarketingOfcer
since 2003 and CEO of the Domestic Appliances and Personal
Care division since 2005
Corporate responsibilities: Domestic Appliances and Personal
Care, Global Brand Management, Marketing, Design
Andrea Ragnetti holds a degree in political science from Perugia
University. He began his career in Marketing at Procter & Gamble
in 1987. In 1993 he �oined Joh. A. Benckiser, becoming Marketing
Vice-President, a position he held until 1997. He �oined Telecom
Italia in 1998 as Executive Vice-President of Marketing for its
Mobile division and took up a similar position with its Consumer
division a year later.
Theo van Deursen 1946, Dutch
Member of the GMC since April 2003 and CEO of the Lighting
division since 2003
Corporate responsibilities: Lighting, Quality Policy Board,
Business Excellence
Theo van Deursen �oined Philips in 1973 after graduating in
electronics and business administration at Eindhoven University of
Technology. Since then, he has held a number of key management
positions, including CEO of the Lighting Electronics and Automotive
& Special Lighting business groups. In 2002 he was entrusted with
responsibility for the dissolution of the Components division.
In 1985 he graduated from IMD’s Executive MBA program and
later complemented this study with an Executive MBA from the
University of Virginia.
AsofDecember31,2005,theGroupManagementCommittee(GMC)wascomposedoftheBoardofManagementandthefollowingseniorofcers: