Philips 2008 Annual Report Download - page 113

Sir Richard Greenbury
1936, British**
Member of the Supervisory Board since 1998;
third term expires in 2010
Former Chairman and CEO of Marks &
Spencer and former Director of Lloyds TSB,
British Gas, ICI, Zeneca and Electronics
Boutique Plc
Wong Ngit Liong
1941, Singaporean
Member of the Supervisory Board since
2005; first term expires in 2009
Chairman and CEO of the Venture Group of
companies. Also a board member of DBS
Bank and DBS Group Holdings Ltd, Chairman
of the National University of Singapore Board
of Trustee, and a member of the Research
Innovation and Enterprise Council
Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board supervises the
policies of the executive management
(the Board of Management) and the
general course of affairs of Philips and
advises the executive management thereon.
The Supervisory Board, in the two-tier
corporate structure under Dutch law, is
a separate and independent body from
the Board of Management. The Rules of
Procedure of the Supervisory Board are
published on the Company’s website.
For more details on the activities of
the Supervisory Board, see the chapter
Supervisory Board report of this
Annual Report.
Prof. K.A.L.M. van Miert
1942, Belgian*
Member of the Supervisory Board since
2000; third term expires in 2012
Former Vice-President of the European
Commission and former President of
Nyenrode University, member of the
Supervisory Boards of RWE, Agfa Gevaert,
De Persgroep, Munich Re, Anglo American,
Vivendi Universal, Sibelco and Solvay and
member of the Advisory Board of Goldman
Sachs, Uni-Credito and Eli Lilly
E. Kist
1944, Dutch*
Member of the Supervisory Board since
2004; second term expires in 2012
Former Chairman of the Executive Board of
ING Group and currently member of the
Supervisory Boards of the Dutch Central
Bank, DSM, Moody’s Investor Service and
Stage Entertainment
J.M. Thompson
1942, Canadian** ***
Vice-Chairman and Secretary
Member of the Supervisory Board since
2003; second term expires in 2011
Former Vice-Chairman of the Board of
Directors of IBM, and director of Hertz and
Robert Mondavi; currently Chairman of the
Board of Toronto Dominion Bank and a
Director of Thomson Reuters Corporation
H. von Prondzynski
1949, German*
Member of the Supervisory Board since
2007; first term expires in 2011
Former member of the Corporate Executive
Committee of the F. Hofmann-La Roche
Group and former CEO of Roche Diagnostics,
currently member of the Supervisory Board
of Qiagen and Epigenomics and chairman of
BB Medtech AG
J.J. Schiro
1946, American* ***
Member of the Supervisory Board since 2005;
first term expires in 2009
CEO of Zurich Financial Services and Chairman
of the Group Management Board. Also serves
on various boards of private and listed
companies including PepsiCo as Chairman of
the Audit Committee and member of the
Supervisory Board
* Member of the Audit Committee
** Member of the Remuneration Committee
*** Member of the Corporate Governance
and Nomination & Selection Committee
J-M. Hessels
1942, Dutch** ***
Chairman
Member of the Supervisory Board since 1999;
third term expires in 2011
Former CEO of Royal Vendex KBB and
currently Chairman of the Board of NYSE
Euronext Inc, member of the Supervisory
Board of Heineken
C.J.A. van Lede
1942, Dutch**
Member of the Supervisory Board since 2003;
second term expires in 2011
Former Chairman of the Board of Management
of Akzo Nobel and currently Chairman of the
Supervisory Board of Heineken, member of the
Boards of AirFrance/KLM, Sara Lee Corporation,
Air Liquide, member of the Board of Directors
of INSEAD and Senior Advisor JP Morgan Plc
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122
Performance statements
114
Supervisory Board report
110
Our leadership
94
Risk management
70
Our sector performance