Adri Baan

Adri Baan began his career with Philips Cyclotrons in 1969 and spent most of his career within the Philips organisation.

From 1984 to 1986 he was Vice-Chairman of Philips Industrial Electronics in Eindhoven and two years later was appointed Executive Vice-President, North America.
He joined Asea Brown Boveri as Executive Vice-President from 1990 to 1993.

Mr. Baan returned to Philips to become Managing Director of Philips Business Electronics from 1993 to 1996 and a Member of the Group Management Committee from 1996 to 1998.

In 1998 he was appointed Executive Vice President, Royal Philips Electronics and member of the Management Board, a position which he held until 2001.

Board Mandates
Mr. Baan is currently Chairman of Wolters Kluwer N.V., Dockwise Ltd. (Bermuda) and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Volker Wessels N.V.

He is a member of the Supervisory Boards of OCE NV and Imtech NV, Chairman Trust Office of KASBANK NV and member of the foundation holding ASML preferential shares.

He is also a member of the Supervisory Board of the University of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Medical Center.

Mr. Baan was until recently Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Dutch Authority of Financial Markets, Chairman of Hagemeyer N.V. and a Non-Executive Director of ICI and International Power in the UK.

In addition, he was formerly the Chairman of Integrated Production and Test Engineering NV and a Director of Medquist, NPM Capital, PSA Corporation Limited (Port of Singapore Authority), Hesse-Noord Natie, Port of Antwerp and ASM International NV.