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Board of Directors
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Count Jacobs de Hagen
Count Jacobs de Hagen has been Chairman of our Board of Directors since January 1, 2005. He started his career as an economist with the IMF in Washington in 1966. He joined the UCB Group (biopharmaceutical group based in Belgium) in 1970 and was Chairman of its Executive Committee from 1987 until the end of 2004. He was President of BUSINESSEUROPE (formerly UNICE, Union of Industrial and Employers’ Confederations of Europe) between 1998 and 2003. He is Honorary Chairman of the Federation of Belgian Companies. Count Jacobs de Hagen is a Doctor at Laws (UCL, Belgium), holds a Master’s degree in Economic Sciences (UCL, Belgium), and a Master’s degree in Economics (University of California, Berkeley, U.S.). |
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Pierre-Olivier Beckers
Mr. Beckers has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Delhaize Group since January 1, 1999. He began working in the food retail industry in 1982 as a store manager for a bakery chain in Belgium. Mr. Beckers joined us in 1983, to work initially three years in our U.S. operations as a store manager. After his return to Belgium, he broadened his retail experience as a buyer, director of purchasing, member of the Executive Committee and Director and Executive Vice-President in charge of international activities. In January 2000, Mr. Beckers was named Manager of the Year by the leading Belgian business magazine Trends/Tendances. In 2009, he was named Belgium’s BEL 20 CEO of the year by the Belgian newspapers Le Soir and De Standaard. Until June 2010, he was Co-Chairman of the Consumer Good Forum, a global association of leading consumer goods retailers and manufacturers. Previously, Mr. Beckers served as chairman of the CIES, the Food Business Forum, from 2002 to 2004 and again from July 2008 until its merger and transformation into the Consumer Goods Forum. He is on the Board of Directors of the Food Marketing Institute and is Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee of FEB/VBO, the Belgian Employers Federation. He is a member of Guberna and, until 2010, the Belgian Commission on Corporate Governance. He is President of the BOIC (Belgian Olympic Interfederal Committee) since December 2004, with a current term expiring in 2013. Mr. Beckers earned a Master’s degree in applied economics at I.A.G., Louvain-La-Neuve and an MBA from Harvard Business School. |
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Claire Babrowski
Ms. Babrowski serves on the Board of Directors of Pier 1 Imports, Inc. since March 2011. She is a retired retail executive. She started her career spending 30 years at McDonald’s Corporation, where her last position was Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Restaurant Operations Officer. From 2005 to 2006, she worked for RadioShack, serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and then President, Chief Operating Officer and acting Chief Executive Officer. From 2007 until 2010, Ms. Babrowski was the Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer of Toys “R” Us, a specialty toy retailer operating more than 1,500 stores throughout the world. In 1998, she received the Emerging Leader Award from the U.S. Women’s Service Forum. She is a member of the “Committee of 200,” a professional U.S. organization of preeminent women entrepreneurs and corporate leaders. Ms. Babrowski holds a Master in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina. |
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Jacques de Vaucleroy
Mr. de Vaucleroy is CEO of the Northern, Central and Eastern Europe business unit of AXA since March 2010. He is also in charge of AXA Bank Europe. Since April 2010, he has been a member of the AXA Management Committee. On January 1, 2011, he assumed global responsibility for the Group’s AXA Life and Savings and Health businesses. Mr. de Vaucleroy has made most of his career within the ING Group, where he was a member of the Executive Board of ING Group and CEO of ING Insurance and Investment Management Europe. He has extensive experience in the banking and insurance and asset management business, both in Europe and in the U.S. Mr. de Vaucleroy holds a law degree (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium) and a Master in Business Law (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium). |
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Hugh G. Farrington
Following a retail management career starting in 1968 at Hannaford, a U.S. subsidiary of Delhaize Group, Mr. Farrington served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Hannaford from 1992 to 2001. In 2000, he was appointed as Vice Chairman of Delhaize America, and in 2001, he became our Executive Vice President and member of our Board of Directors. In 2003, Mr. Farrington left the Board of Directors and resigned from his executive functions within our company. He rejoined the Board as a director in 2005. Mr. Farrington holds a Bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire and a Master of Arts in teaching from the University of New Hampshire. |
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Robert J. Murray
Mr. Murray served as Chairman of the Board and President and Chief Executive Officer of New England Business Service, Inc. from 1995 to 2004. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Murray was a member of the Board of Directors of Hannaford. Mr. Murray retired from The Gillette Company in 1995, having been with Gillette for more than 34 years. From 1991 until his retirement in 1995, Mr. Murray was Executive Vice President, North Atlantic Group of Gillette. Mr. Murray is a director of Tupperware Brands, Inc., IDEXX Corp., LoJack Corporation and The Hannover Insurance Group. Mr. Murray is a graduate of Boston College and holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Northeastern University. |
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Didier Smits
Didier Smits received a Master's degree in economic and financial sciences ( I.C.H.E.C., Brussels). In 1996, he was elected Director of Delhaize Group and he still serves as a non-executive director of Delhaize Group. From 1986 to 1991, Mr. Smits was a Manager at Advanced Technics Company. In 1991, Mr. Smits became Managing Director of Papeteries Aubry SPRL. |
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Jack L. Stahl
Mr. Stahl served in the role of President and Chief Executive Officer of cosmetics company Revlon from 2002 until his retirement in September 2006. Prior to joining Revlon, Mr. Stahl had a 22-year career as an executive with the Coca-Cola Company culminating in the role of President and Chief Operating Officer. He also served as Group President of Coca-Cola Americas and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Stahl started his professional career as an auditor at Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. Stahl served on the Board of pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough until December 2009 and currently serves on the Board of the soft drinks company Dr. Pepper Snapple Group and as a member of the US Board of Advisors of CVC Capital Partners Advisory Inc. He is also a Board member of several non-profit organizations such as The Boys and Girls Clubs of America and The United Negro College Fund. Mr. Stahl received his undergraduate degree from Emory University and holds an MBA from the Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania. |
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Baron Vansteenkiste
Baron Vansteenkiste is President of the Board of the Belgian company Sioen and Vice President of the Board of Recticel. Baron Vansteenkiste is also a member of the Board of the Belgian company Spector Photo Group. Baron Vansteenkiste is Honorary Chairman of the Federation of Belgian Companies and Board member of Guberna. Baron Vansteekiste was Chief Executive Officer of Recticel until April 1, 2010. Baron Vansteenkiste earned his degree in civil engineering at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium). |
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