Board of Management

    Composition of the Board of Management

 Cees 't Hart
 

 Theo C.A. Spierings
 

 André A. Boudewijns

1964

Acting president of the Board of Management of Royal Friesland Foods N.V. since 1 May 2008.

Career:
Career at Unilever:
2006 - 2008 Senior Vice-President Marketing Operations Europe
                  Member of the Executive Board Unilever Europe
2002 - 2006 CEO Lever Fabergé Italy
                   Member of the Executive Board Home and Personal Care Europe
1998 – 2002 CEO Poland
                   Member of the Executive Board Unilever Central and Eastern Europe
1997 - 1998 Vice-President North and Southeast Asia-Pacific, based in Singapore
1993 - 1997 Foods Director Unilever Hungary
1990 - 1993 Marketing Manager UNOX UVG Vlees
1988 - 1990 Product Group Manager, Van den Bergh & Juergens Rotterdam
1987 - 1988 Product manager, Calvé Delft
1985 - 1987 Head of Personnel, Calvé Delft
1984 - 1985 Management trainee Van den Bergh & Juergens Rotterdam

Education:
2006 University of Leiden – final examination in Social Sciences
Marketing NIMA A / NIMA B
Harvard General Management Programme

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Theo C.A. Spierings

1964

Member of the Board of Management of Royal Friesland Foods N.V. since 1 January 2005. Employee of Friesland Foods (and legal predecessors) since 1986.

Responsible for:

Business group Classic Diary
Buniness group Ingredients
Business group Consumer Products Europe
Business group Consumer Products International
Corporate Affairs & Raw Material

and for:

Corporate Human Resources
Corporate Communication
Corporate Research
Corporate Supply Chain

Career:

2007-
  1 May 2008 Acting president of the Board of Management of Royal Friesland
                    Foods N.V.
2005 - 2007   Executive Board member of Royal Friesland Foods N.V.
2002 - 2004   Managing Director, Friesland Foods Wamco, Nigeria
2001 - 2002   Managing Director, Friesland Foods Export, Netherlands
2000 - 2001   Commercial Director, Friesland Foods Middle East
1997 - 2000   Operations Director, Friesland Foods Peru
1994 - 1997   Operations Director, Friesland Foods Middle East
1991 - 1994   Technical Advisor, Friesland Foods Indonesia
1987 - 1991   Production Manager, Leeuwarden and Groningen
1986 - 1987   Friesland Foods Management Trainee

Education:
2006             Avira, Insead in Singapore
2001             Finance for Executives, Insead in Fontainebleau
2000             Managing for Marketing Success, IMD, in Lausanne
1988 - 1991   MBA, Glasgow University
1982 - 1986   HAS Den Bosch, Food Technology

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André A. Boudewijns

Employee and Chief Financial Officer of Royal Friesland Foods N.V. since 1 May 2005.

Responsible for:
Corporate Finance & Reporting
Corporate Information & Communication Technology
Corporate Legal Affairs
Corporate Public Affairs
Corporate Risk & Control
Corporate Strategy
Corporate Treasury

Career:
2005 -           Chief Financial Officer, Royal Friesland Foods N.V.
2002 - 2004   Executive Vice President & COO of Business Unit Europe Perfetti
                    Van Melle N.V.
2001             Executive Vice President/CFO Van Melle N.V. (following merger with 
                    Perfetti)
1996 - 2000   Vice Chairman, Managing Board of Van Melle N.V.
1994 - 2000   CFO of Van Melle N.V.
1993 - 1994   Vice President Finance, Van Melle N.V.
1985 - 1992   Concern Controller, Van Melle N.V.
1982 - 1985   Manager, Arthur Andersen & Co. Netherlands
1975 - 1982   Control Manager, Arthur Andersen & Co. Netherlands

Education:
1975 - 1982   Register accountant N.I.V.R.A.
1972 - 1975   Business Economics, Higher Professional Training (HEAO)
                    qualification, Rotterdam College of Economics

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