Our Supervisory Board

Mathieu Vrijsen

Ilona Haaijer

Liz Doherty

William Lin

Steen Riisgaard

Dessi Temperley

Dutch (b.1947, m)

Dutch (b.1969, f)

British-Irish (b. 1957, f)

American (b. 1967, m)

Danish (b. 1951, m)

Bulgarian-British (b. 1973, f)

Chair Supervisory Board | Chair Appointment and Governance Committee | member Remuneration Committee and Science and Technology Committee

Vice-Chair Supervisory Board | Chair Remuneration Committee | member Appointment and Governance Committee and Science and Technology Committee

Member Supervisory Board | Chair Audit Committee | member Sustainability and Safety Committee

Member Supervisory Board | Chair Sustainability and Safety Committee | member Audit Committee

Member Supervisory Board | Chair Science and Technology Committee | member Sustainability and Safety Committee

Member Supervisory Board | Member Audit Committee | member Appointment and Governance Committee and Remuneration Committee

First appointment: May 2013 AGM
Current term: 2023 to 2025 AGM

First appointment: June 2020 AGM
Current term: 2024 to 2028 AGM

First appointment: May 2015 AGM
Current term: 2023 to 2025 AGM

First appointment: May 2022 AGM
Current term: 2022 to 2026 AGM

First appointment: May 2014 AGM
Current term: 2024 to 2026 AGM

First appointment: May 2021 AGM
Current term: 2021 to 2025 AGM

Mathieu Vrijsen served as SVP Global Operations and Engineering at DuPont. Prior to that, he held various positions at DuPont. Currently, he serves as Chair of Broadview Holding and the Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra of Belgium, and as Board member of the Antwerp Spring Festival.

Ilona Haaijer served as CEO of Bugaboo, President and CEO of DSM Food Specialties, President of DSM Personal Care, and CEO of Philips AVENT. She was a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group and has had several other roles throughout her career. Currently, she serves as Non-Executive Director and Board member at Glanbia Plc, and as Supervisory Board member at Muziekgebouw Frits Philips in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Liz Doherty served as CFO and Executive Director at Reckitt Benckiser, UK, and prior to that as CFO and Executive Director at Brambles, Australia. Currently, she serves as Audit Committee Chair and Non-Executive Director of Novartis, Switzerland, as Supervisory Board member of Royal Philips NV, and as a member of the Advisory Committee of Freya Holdco S.a.r.l.

William Lin currently serves as EVP Gas & Low Carbon Energy and is a member of BP’s Executive Committee. William Lin holds a Supervisory Directorship as Vice-Chair of Pan American Energy Group, Argentina. Before that, William Lin served as EVP for Regions, Corporates & Solutions, Chief Operating Officer of BP’s upstream segment and President of BP Asia Pacific, and held various other senior leadership positions with P&L accountabilities across the world at BP as well as management positions at Nestlé USA in California and Consolidated Edison Inc. in New York. 

Steen Riisgaard served as President and CEO of Novozymes A/S, Denmark. Currently, he serves as a member of the Board of Novo Nordisk Foundation, Denmark, Vice-Chair of Novo Holding A/S, Denmark, Vice-Chair of Villum Foundation, Denmark, and Chair of Xellia A/S, Denmark.

Dessi Temperley served as Group CFO of Beiersdorf, Germany, and before that, she was CFO of Nestlé Southeast Europe, CFO of Nestlé Purina EMEA, and Head of Investor Relations at Nestlé. Prior to this, she held finance roles with Cable & Wireless. Currently, she serves as Supervisory Director of Coca Cola Europacific Partners, UK, Philip Morris International, Switzerland, and Cimpress, Ireland.