Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board supervises the policies of the executive management (the Board of Management) and the general course of affairs of the Company and its affiliates and advises the executive management thereon.

W. de Kleuver

Chairman

Member of the Supervisory Board since 1998; third term expires in 2010.

Former Executive Vice-President of Royal Philips Electronics.

L. Schweitzer

Vice-Chairman and Secretary

Member of the Supervisory Board since 1997; third term expires in 2009.

Former CEO of Renault and Renault-Nissan BV. Chairman of the Board of Renault and AstraZeneca. Non-executive director of BNP Paribas, Electricité de France, Veolia Environment, Volvo AB and L'Oréal.

Sir Richard Greenbury

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.

J-M. Hessels

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 Boards of Heineken and Fortis and member of the International Advisory Board of Blackstone Group.

Prof. K.A.L.M. van Miert

Member of the Supervisory Board since 2000; second term expires in 2008.

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 FITCH.

C.J.A. Van Lede

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, temporary member of the Supervisory Board of Stork, non-executive member of the Boards of AirFrance/KLM, Sara Lee Corporation, Air Liquide. Chairman of the Board of Directors of INSEAD and Senior Advisor JP Morgan Plc.

J.M. Thompson

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 Corporation.

E. Kist

Member of the Supervisory Board since 2004; first term expires in 2008.

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 Services and Stage Entertainment.

Wong Ngit Liong

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.

J. J. Schiro

Member of the Supervisory Board since 2005; first term expires in 2009.

CEO of Zürich 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, Chairman of the Swiss American Chamber of Commerce.

H. von Prondzynski

Member of the Supervisory Board since 2007; first term expires in 2011.

Former member of the Corporate Executive Committee of the F. Hoffmann-La Roche Group and former CEO of the Division Diagnostics Roche and currently member of the Supervisory Board of Qiagen.