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Executive Board
Supervisory Board
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Composition of the Executive Board
The Executive Board currently consists of two members, Chairman/
CEO Jean-Frangois (J.F.M.L.) van Boxmeer and CFO René (D.R.) Hooft
Graafland. Information on these Executive Board members is
provided below.
Jean-Franqois (J.F.M.L.) van Boxmeer (1961)
Belgian nationality; male.
Initial appointment in 2001.
Reappointment: 2013*.
four-year term ends in 2017.
Chairman/CEO (since 2005).
No supervisory board seats (or non-executive board memberships)
in Large Dutch Entities**.
Other positions***: Mondelëz International, USA; Henkel AG Co.,
Germany; The Dutch Opera.
René (D.R.) Hooft Graafland (1955)
Dutch nationality; male.
Initial appointment in 2002.
Reappointment: 2011*.
four-year term ends in 2015.
CFO (since 2005).
Supervisory board seats (or non-executive board memberships)
in Large Dutch Entities**: Wolters Kluwer N.V. and Koninklijke Ahold
N.V. (asof 1 January 2015).
Other positions***: Royal Theatre Carré, Amsterdam (Chairman).
For the maximum period of four years.
Large Dutch Entities are Dutch N.V.S, B.V.s or Foundations (that are required to prepare
annual accounts pursuant to Chapter 9 of Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code or similar
legislation) that meet two of the following criteria (on a consolidated basis) on two
consecutive balance sheet dates:
(i) The value of the assets (according to the balance sheet with the explanatory notes
and on the basis of acquisition and manufacturing costs) exceeds EUR 17.5 million;
(ii) The net turnover exceeds EUR 35 million;
(iii) The average number of employees is at least 250.
Under'Other positions', other functions are mentioned that may be relevant to
performance of the duties of the Executive Board.
Best practice provision II.1.1 of the Code recommends that an
Executive Board member is appointed for a maximum period of
four years and that a member may be reappointed for a term of not
more than four years at a time. In compliance with this best practice
provision, the Supervisory Board has drawn up a rotation schedule in
order to avoid, as far as possible, a situation in which Executive Board
members retire at the same time.
Members of the Executive Board are not allowed to hold more than
two supervisory board memberships or non-executive directorships
in a Large Dutch Entity or foreign eguivalent. Acceptance of such
external supervisory board memberships or non-executive directorships
by members of the Executive Board is subject to approval by the
Supervisory Board, which has delegated this authority to the Selection
Appointment Committee.
Pursuant to the Act on Management and Supervision (the Act), which
came into force on 1 January 2013, executive boards of large Dutch
public companies, such as Heineken N.V., are deemed to have a
balanced composition if they consist of at least 30 per cent female
and 30 per cent male members. If a board of management does not
have such a balanced composition, it must explain this in its annual
report. It must also set out how the company has tried to obtain a
balanced composition, and how it will seek to achieve such a balanced
composition in the future. The two current members of the Executive
Board are male, and, formally, the composition of the Executive Board
is not balanced within the meaning of the Act. The Supervisory Board
has announced that it shall at the 2015 AGM nominate Mrs. Laurence
Debroux for appointment as a member of the Executive Board, in
succession to Mr. René Hooft Graafland. Subject to her appointment,
the composition of the Executive Board will be deemed to be balanced
(within the meaning of the Act) asof 27 April 2015.
Conflict of Interest
Dealing with (apparent) conflicts of interest between the Company
and members of its Executive Board is governed by the Articles of
Association of the Company (the Articles of Association') and the
Code. A member of the Executive Board shall not take part in any
discussion or decision-making that involves a subject or transaction
in relation to which he has a personal conflict of interest with the
Company. Decisions to enter into transactions under which members
have conflicts of interest that are of material significance to the
Company and/or the relevant member(s) of the Executive Board
reguire the approval of the Supervisory Board. Any such decisions
shall be published in the annual report for the relevant year, along
with a reference to the conflict of interest and a declaration that the
relevant best practice provisions of the Code have been complied
with. In 2017, no transactions were reported under which a member
of the Executive Board had a conflict of interest that was of
material significance.
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Heineken N.V. Annual Report 2017