Management Board
The Management Board is responsible for the day-to-day management of our operations under the supervision of the Supervisory Board. The Management Board is required to keep the Supervisory Board informed, consult with the Supervisory Board on important matters and submit certain important decisions to the Supervisory Board for its prior approval. For a full explanation of Management Board rules please visit the relevant documents in our Policies and Articles of Association.
Harold GoddijnMember of the Management Board, Chief Executive Officer
Harold Goddijn is a Dutch national. Having studied Economics at Amsterdam University, Harold started his career with a venture capital firm. He then founded Psion Netherlands BV in 1989, as a joint venture with Psion Plc, and in 1991 co-founded TomTom with Peter-Frans Pauwels and Pieter Geelen. He continued to lead Psion Netherlands BV, developing it into a key European distributor for Psion. In 1998, he was appointed Managing Director of Psion Computers and served on the Board of Psion Plc from 1998 to 1999. Harold was appointed Chief Executive Officer of TomTom in 2001.
Marina WyattMember of the Management Board, Chief Financial Officer
Marina is a British national and a Cambridge University graduate. She is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Marina spent nine years with Arthur Andersen in the United Kingdom and the United States before joining Psion Plc as Group Controller in 1994. She became Chief Financial Officer two years later and became a non-executive director of Symbian Ltd. She also held a non-executive directorship of the publishing company Blackwell's. In 2002 Marina was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Colt Telecom Plc. Marina joined TomTom as Chief Financial Officer in early 2005 ahead of the IPO.
Alain De TaeyeMember of the Management Board
Alain De Taeye, born in Belgium, graduated as engineer-architect from the University of Gent. After having done research work in the field of Operations Research at the Business School of the Gent University, he founded Informatics & Management Consultants (I&M) where, next to IT consultancy, he continued his work on digital map databases and routing. In 1989 I&M was integrated into the Dutch Tele Atlas group and as of 1990 Alain headed the Tele Atlas group. During this period, he successfully introduced Tele Atlas on both the Frankfurt and the Amsterdam Stock Exchanges. In 2008 Tele Atlas was acquired by TomTom and Alain joined the Management Board of the TomTom group.

