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 |
First appointment: June 2020 AGM |
First appointment: May 2015 AGM |
First appointment: May 2022 AGM |
First appointment: May 2014 AGM |
First appointment: May 2021 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. |