Supervisory Board and Managing Board Royal DSM
Supervisory Board
Rob Routs (1946, m), Chair
First appointed: 2010. End of current term: 2020. Nationality: Dutch. Nomination Committee (Chair), Remuneration Committee (member). Last executive position held: Executive Director Downstream and member of the Board of Royal Dutch Shell plc. Supervisory directorships/other positions: member Board of Directors of AECOM, member Board of Directors of ATCO Group Ltd. and member Board of Directors of A.P. Moeller-Maersk Group.
Pauline van der Meer Mohr (1960, f), Deputy Chair
First appointed: 2011. End of current term: 2019. Nationality: Dutch. Remuneration Committee (Chair), Nomination Committee (member). Last executive position held: President Executive Board Erasmus University Rotterdam. Supervisory directorships/other positions: non-executive Director HSBC Holdings and Mylan, Chair Supervisory Board EY Netherlands, Monitoring Committee Dutch Corporate Governance Code (per January 2019) and Board of Trustees Nederlands Danstheater, member selection-nomination committee Supreme Court of the Netherlands, and Capital Markets Committee AFM.
Victoria Haynes (1947, f)
First appointed: 2012. End of current term: 2020. Nationality: American. Audit Committee (member), Remuneration Committee (member). Last executive position held: President and CEO of the Research Triangle Institute International. Supervisory directorships/other positions: member Board of Directors of PPG and member Board of Directors of Nucor.
Eileen Kennedy (1947, f)
First appointed: 2012. End of current term: 2020. Nationality: American. Sustainability Committee (Chair), Nomination Committee (member). Position: Professor Nutrition Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University in Boston (US); Supervisory directorships/other positions: Member of High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition of the UN Committee on World Food Security; Chair of the Sight and Life Foundation.
Frits Dirk van Paasschen (1961, m)
First appointed: 2017. End of current term: 2021. Nationality: Dutch and American. Audit Committee (member), Sustainability Committee (member). Last position held: CEO Starwood Hotels and Resorts. Supervisory directorships/other positions: non-executive board member Williams Sonoma (US), Chairman Board of Convene, CEO and Founder of The Disruptors' Feast Advisory, Advisor to CitizenM Hotels (NL), private equity firm TPG, CEO practice at Russell Reynolds, advisor to three tech companies, member cross-industry advisory council RBC (CA), advisor Indian School of Hospitality and Red Sea Project.
Pradeep Pant (1953, m)
First appointed: 2016. End of current term: 2020. Nationality: Singaporean. Audit Committee (member), Sustainability Committee (member). Last executive position held: EVP and President APAC and EMEA of Mondelez International. Supervisory directorships/other positions: Honorary Council Member Food Industry Asia; member Advisory Board Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University (until mid-September 2018); non-executive Director Max BUPA Health Insurance Co Ltd. (India), non-executive Director Antara Senior Living Ltd. (India); President Pant Consulting Pte. Ltd.
John Ramsay (1957, m)
First appointed: 2017. End of current term: 2021. Nationality: British. Audit Committee (Chair), Remuneration Committee (member). Last position held: Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Syngenta AG. Supervisory directorships/other positions: non-executive director of the Board of RHI Magnesita NV and non-executive director of the Board of G4S plc, advisor to Clarmondial.
Managing Board
Feike Sijbesma (1959, m), CEO/Chairman
Position: CEO/Chairman Managing Board since May 2007; member Managing Board since July 2000. Nationality: Dutch. Supervisory directorships/other positions held: Non-executive Director of Unilever; Member Supervisory Board Dutch Central Bank (DNB); Member Global CEO Council (GCC) Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC); Climate Leader for the World Bank Group and Chair of the High-Level Leadership Forum on Competitiveness and Carbon Pricing, convened by the World Bank Group. e-mail: feike.sijbesma@dsm.com
Geraldine Matchett (1972, f), CFO
Position: member Managing Board since August 2014 and CFO since December 2014. End of current term: 2022. Nationality: British, French, Swiss. Supervisory directorships/other positions held: Board member of Catalyst Europe; Co-Chair of HRH Prince of Wales' A4S (Accounting 4 Sustainability) CFO Leadership Network; Non-Executive Director of ABB; Board member of FCLTGlobal. e-mail: geraldine.matchett@dsm.com
Dimitri de Vreeze (1967, m)
Position: member Managing Board since September 2013. End of current term: 2021. Nationality: Dutch. Supervisory directorships/other positions held: Chairman Supervisory Board DSM Netherlands; Board member of CEFIC (European Chemical Industry Council) and chair Sustainability Advisory Forum; Board member ChemicaInvest; Board member DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals (DSP) until 1 November 2018; Board member 'Fonds voor de topsport' (NOC*NSF; Dutch Olympic Committee Fund for top sport); member Supervisory Board Sanquin; member Advisory Board ECP (Electronic Commerce Platform Netherlands); Board member Young Captain Foundation. e-mail: dimitri.vreeze-de@dsm.com