Karel Vuursteen is a Dutch National. First appointed to the Supervisory Board in April 2006, his current term runs until 2010. Having earned a Masters in Agriculture from Wageningen University in the Netherlands, Karel worked from 1968 to 1991 for Royal Philips Electronics N.V. This included various management positions in the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Austria and North America. His last position at Royal Philips was President of Philips Lighting B.V. In 1991, Karel joined Heineken N.V. as a member of the Executive Board, moving into the role of Vice Chairman in 1992 and finally Chairman of the Executive Board from 1993 to 2002. Karel is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Heineken Holding N.V., Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Akzo Nobel N.V., a member of the Supervisory Board of ING Groep N.V. and a member of the Board of Henkel KGaA. He is also Chairman of both WWF Netherlands and Stichting Concertgebouw Fonds, and Vice Chairman of Stichting Nyenrode University.

Doug Dunn is a British national. First appointed to the Supervisory Board in May 2005, his current term runs until 2011. Doug holds a Higher National Qualification in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the College of Advanced Technology, Sheffield University. On his retirement in December 2004, he had for the previous five years been Chief Executive Officer and President of ASML Holding NV.  Prior to this, he was a member of the Board of Management of Royal Philips Electronics NV, and Chief Executive Officer of its Consumer Electronics division (1996-1999) and its Semiconductor Division (1993-1996).  Before joining Philips, Doug was from 1980 to 1993 Managing Director of the Semiconductor and Components division of General Electric Company Plc. For 11 years prior to that, he held various engineering and senior management positions in the United States and United Kingdom with Motorola Semiconductors. Doug currently serves as chairman of the Board of Directors of ARM Holdings Plc and is a non-executive director of LG, Philips LCD, Soitec SA, ST Microelectronics NV, and Optical Metrology Innovations.

Guy Demuynck is a Belgian national.  First appointed to the Supervisory Board on 13 May 2005, his current term runs until 2008. Guy gained his Masters degrees in Applied Economics and Marketing & Distribution from the Universities of Antwerp and Ghent respectively. He began his career at Royal Philips Electronics NV, where he worked for 26 years in various commercial and marketing roles in Europe, the United States and East Asia, culminating in his appointment as Chief Executive Officer of Philips Consumer Electronics division in 2000. In this role, he also served as a member of the Philips Group Management Committee until December 2002. Guy is a former member of the Board of Management of Royal KPN, with responsibility for KPN’s mobile division, and served on the Supervisory Board of E-Plus Mobilfunk Geschäftsführungs GmbH. Guy currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Kroymans Corporation BV, a company active in the automotive industry. In April 2007, he was appointed a member of the Management Board of Belgacom N.V.

Rob van den Bergh is a Dutch national. First appointed to the Supervisory Board in April 2007, his current term runs until 2011. Rob earned his Masters degree in Law at Leiden University in the Netherlands. From 1975 to 1980, Rob worked as Legal Counsel General Affairs with the “Nederlandse Dagblad”. He then began a longstanding career with VNU N.V. (currently Nielsen Media Research B.V.) from 1980 to 2006. This included six years as a member of the Executive Board, two years as Vice Chairman of the Executive Board, and finally Chairman of the Executive Board in the United States, a position from which he recently retired. Rob currently serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of N.V. Deli Universal and as a member of the Supervisory Board of ABN AMRO Holding N.V., Pon Holdings B.V. and Corporate Express N.V. (formerly Buhrmann N.V.). He is also a member of the Advisory Board of CVC Capital Partners B.V. and a member of the Investment Committee of NPM Capital N.V.