Supervisory Board and Managing Board Royal DSM
Supervisory Board
Thomas Leysen (1960, m), Chair
First appointed: 2020. End of current term: 2024. Nationality: Belgian. Nomination Committee (Chair), Remuneration Committee (Member). Last position held: CEO of Umicore; Supervisory directorships/other positions: Non-Executive Chair of the Supervisory Board of Umicore; Chair of the Board of Directors of Mediahuis; Chair of the Belgian Corporate Governance Commission (until end 2022).
John Ramsay (1957, m), Deputy Chair
First appointed: 2017. End of current term: 2025. Nationality: British. Audit Committee (Chair), Remuneration Committee (member). Last position held: Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and interim CEO of Syngenta AG. Supervisory directorships/other positions: Non-Executive Director of RHI Magnesita N.V.; Non-Executive Director of Croda International PLC; Non-Executive Director of Babcock International PLC.
Eileen Kennedy (1947, f)
First appointed: 2012. End of current term: 2024. Nationality: American. Sustainability Committee (Chair), Nomination Committee (Member). Position: Professor of Nutrition, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University in Boston (MA, USA); Supervisory directorships/other positions: Member of the Board of Directors of Sight and Life Foundation.
Carla Mahieu (1959, f)
First appointed: 2021. End of current term: 2025. Nationality: Dutch. Remuneration Committee (Chair), Nomination Committee (Member). Last position held: Global Head of Human Resources and Member of the Management Board of Aegon N.V.; Supervisory directorships/other positions: Non-Executive Member of the Board of VodafoneZiggo Group B.V. Netherlands; Non-Executive Member of the Board of Arcadis; Non-Executive Member of Stichting Continuïteit PostNL.
Erica Mann (1958, f)
First appointed: 2019. End of current term: 2023. Nationality: Australian. Sustainability Committee (Member), Audit Committee (Member). Last position held: Member of the Board of Management of the Bayer Group and Global President of Bayer’s Consumer Health Division. Supervisory directorships/other positions: Non-Executive Member of the Board of Perrigo; Non-Executive Member of the Board of Kellogg Company; Non-Executive Member of the Board of Blackmores.
Frits Dirk van Paasschen (1961, m)
First appointed: 2017. End of current term: 2025. Nationality: Dutch and American. Remuneration Committee (Member), Sustainability Committee (Member). Last position held: CEO Starwood Hotels and Resorts. Supervisory directorships/other positions: Non-Executive Board Member of Williams Sonoma (USA); Board Member of Sonder; Board Member of Crown Proptech Acquisitions; Board member of CitizenM Hotels (NL); Board Member of JCrew Group; advisor to private equity firm TPG, advisor to Russell Reynolds; CEO and Founder of The Disruptor’s Feast Advisory.
Pradeep Pant (1953, m)
First appointed: 2016. End of current term: 2024. Nationality: Singaporean. Audit Committee (Member), Nomination Committee (Member). Last position held: EVP and President APAC and EMEA of Mondelez International. Supervisory directorships/other positions: Honorary Council Member of Food Industry Asia; Non-Executive Director of Max India Ltd., MAX Life Insurance Co Ltd. (India), Antara Senior Living Ltd. (India) and NIVA BUPA Health Insurance Co. Ltd. (India); Chair of the Board of Nurasa Holding Pte Ltd and Nurasa Pte Ltd; President of Pant Consulting Pte Ltd.
Corien Wortmann-Kool (1959, f)
First appointed: 2021. End of current term: 2025. Nationality: Dutch. Audit Committee (Member), Sustainability Committee (Member). Position: Non-Executive Chair of the Board of ABP Pension Fund (until 31 December 2022). Supervisory directorships/other positions: Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of Aegon N.V.; Advisory Board Member of the Impact Economy Foundation; Member of the Capital Markets Advisory Board of the Dutch Financial Markets Authority.
Managing Board
Geraldine Matchett (1972, f), Co-CEO
Position: Co-CEO & CFO since February 2020; member of the Managing Board since August 2014 and CFO since December 2014. End of current term: 2026. Nationality: British, Swiss, French. Supervisory directorships/other positions held: Non-Executive Director of ABB; Board Member of FCLT Global; Executive Committee Member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD); Member of the Foundation Board of IMD Business School; Board Member of Catalyst Europe; Member of A4S (Accounting 4 Sustainability) CFO Leadership Network.
e-mail: geraldine.matchett@dsm.com
Dimitri de Vreeze (1967, m), Co-CEO
Position: Co-CEO & COO since February 2020; member of the Managing Board since September 2013. End of current term: 2025. Nationality: Dutch. Supervisory directorships/other positions held: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of DSM Netherlands; member of the Supervisory Board of Sanquin (until 31 December 2022); Chairman of the Young Captain Foundation; Chair of the ALV United World College, Maastricht.
e-mail: dimitri.vreeze-de@dsm.com
