Supervisory Board Biographies

Arnold H.C.M. Walravens (1940)

Chairman, Dutch nationality, was re-appointed in 2008.
His current term expires in 2012. Mr Walravens is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Rabobank Nederland and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Sneep Industrie B.V. In addition, he is Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vereniging Achmea and holds various other positions within Eureko. He is a retired professor from Delft University.

Marinus Minderhoud (1946)

Vice Chairman, Dutch nationality, was re-appointed in 2008.
His current term expires in 2012. Mr Minderhoud is member of the Supervisory Board of Rabobank Nederland, Chairman of the Board of Vodafone International Holdings B.V. and Vodafone Europe B.V., and Chairman of the Agis Supervisory Board.

Urs Berger (1951)

Swiss Nationality, was appointed in 2009.
His current term expires in 2013. Mr Urs is also CEO of the oldest private insurer in Switzerland, the Swiss Mobiliar Group. There he also oversees the group's Asset Management activities. An all-line insurer, Swiss Mobiliar is the market leader in Switzerland for household contents, business and pure risk health and life insurance, as well as for the reinsurance of pension funds. As of 2003 Mr Berger further has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Eurapco, an alliance of independant European companies from the financial services industry, active mainly in insurance. Since January 2009, Berger has become President of that body.

Flip J.F. Buurmeijer (1940)

Dutch nationality, was appointed in 2007.
His current term expires in 2012. A long-time member of the Dutch parliament, most recently he has chaired a number of social-services and care-related bodies, including the Centre for Care Assessment Board and the Supervisory Committee of GGZ Dimence. He holds a number of supervisory positions, including the Van Spaendonckgroep, Alexander Calder Holding, Sallcon (Sheltered Employment) and Matchcare.

Erik A.J. van de Merwe (1950)

Dutch nationality, was re-appointed in 2006.
His current term expires in 2010. Mr van de Merwe holds various supervisory board positions, including Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Fornix Biosciences, Exact Holding N.V., GWK Travelex, INEOS NOVA International SA and Welke Beheer B.V. Furthermore, he is member of the Supervisory Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Mizuho Corporate Bank (Netherlands) and Fortis Bank Nederland, a member of the Advisory Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Dutch Burns Foundation, jury member of the Sijthoff Award and member of the Arbitration Committee Dutch Security Institute. In addition, he is member of the Board of Directors of Vereniging Achmea, and Chairman of the Supervisory Board and Audit Committee of Achmea Bank Holding N.V. and Staalbankiers.

Paul F.M. Overmars (1945)

Dutch nationality, was re-appointed through 2013.
His current term expires in 2013. Prior to his retirement in 2004, Mr Overmars was CEO of Achmea and Vice Chairman of the Executive Board of Eureko. He is also member of the Supervisory Board of Rabobank Nederland. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Directors of Vereniging Achmea and Chairman of the Eureko Achmea Foundation. Until mid-2005, he was Chairman of the Board of the Dutch Association of Insurers and a member of the Management Board of VNO/NCW.

Henk J. Slijkhuis (1946)

Dutch nationality, was appointed in 2003.
His current term expires in 2012, following re-appointment in 2008. Mr Slijkhuis is an independent farmer. He is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Countus Accountants- en Belastingadviseurs and is a member of the Board of Directors of Vereniging Achmea.

Antoon J.A.M. Vermeer (1949)

Dutch nationality, was re-appointed in 2009.
His current term expires in 2014. Mr Vermeer is Chairman of the Board of Directors Zuidelijke Land- en Tuinbouw Organisatie and co-owner of a dairy farm. He is Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rabobank Nederland and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Sovion N.V. In addition, he is member of the curatorium of the ZLTO Chair Food, Farming and Agribusiness, Tilburg University and Chairman of the HAS Supervisory Board.

Bé J. van der Weg (1943)

Dutch nationality, was re-appointed in 2006.
His current term expires in 2010. Mr van der Weg is also a member of the Board of Stichting PVF Nederland N.V. and of the Board of Directors of Vereniging Achmea.

Bouke Y. Yntema (1943)

Dutch nationality, was re-appointed through 2013.
His current term expires in 2013. Mr Yntema is a stockbreeder. He is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rabobank Sneek Zuidwest Friesland and a member of the Supervisory Board of Agis. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Directors of Vereniging Achmea and of the Board of Stichting PVF Nederland.

Aad W. Veenman (1947)

Dutch nationality, was appointed in 2009. His current term expires in 2013. From 2002 trough 2008 Mr Veenman acted as chairman and CEO of the Dutch national railway company NS. Before that, he enjoyed a career at Dutch industrial enterprise Stork where from 1998 through 2002 he worked as CEO. Veenman also is Chairman of the Board at the Holland International Distribution Council (NDL/HIDC) which represents the logistics sector in the Netherlands.

Bernard Bijvoet (1940)

Dutch nationality, was appointed in 2009. His current term expires in 2013. Mr Bijvoet has a background in the agricultural sector and was active as Chairman of the Executive Board at cooperative Dutch dairy company Campina. Bijvoet also serves in the Supervisory Board of Rabobank and used to serve on the Supervisory Board Dutch of energy company Essent.

Company secretary: Wim Janssens
Deputy company secretary: Annick R.M. Wychgel