Koninklijke Philips N.V.
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Registration date
18 feb 2008 - 08:17
Statutory name
Koninklijke Philips N.V.
Title
Mr. Jan-Michiel Hessels to succeed Mr. Wim de Kleuver as Supervisory Board Chairman of Royal Philips
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February 18, 2008
MR. JAN-MICHIEL HESSELS TO SUCCEED MR. WIM DE KLEUVER AS SUPERVISORY BOARD CHAIRMAN OF ROYAL PHILIPS
Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) today announced that its Supervisory Board has agreed to appoint Mr. Jan-Michiel Hessels as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Philips, effective upon the closing of the 2008 General Meeting of Shareholders.
Mr. Hessels will succeed Mr. Wim de Kleuver, who has served as Chairman since 2005, and who has expressed his wish to relinquish his position. Mr. Hessels has been a member of Philips' Supervisory Board since 1999, and is currently the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Supervisory Board.
The Philips Supervisory Board has also decided to appoint Mr. Ewald Kist as the new Chairman of the Audit Committee in the Supervisory Board, and to include Supervisory Board Member Heino von Prondzynski in the Audit Committee effective upon the closing of the 2008 General Meeting of Shareholders.
"I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Mr. De Kleuver, who has guided the Philips Supervisory Board of Philips for the last three years," Philips President and Chief Executive Officer Gerard Kleisterlee said. "This significant contribution ends a full decade of membership of the Philips Supervisory Board for Mr. De Kleuver, which followed an impressive career in top management positions in our company."
Mr. De Kleuver joined the Philips Supervisory Board in 1998, and was appointed Chairman in 2005. Before that, Mr. De Kleuver was appointed a member of Group Management Committee in 1987, and became a member of the Philips Board of Management in 1996.
Mr. Hessels is a former Chief Executive Officer of Royal Vendex KBB and is the current Chairman of the Board of NYSE Euronext, in addition to holding several additional Board positions.
The Supervisory Board of Philips will propose to the 2008 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to re-appoint current members Mr. Karel v
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