Supervisory Board
The entire Board of Zuivelcoöperatie FrieslandCampina forms part of the Supervisory Board of the FrieslandCampina company. Alongside these nine members from the Board, the Supervisory Board also includes four external members.
The role and responsibilities of the Supervisory Board are comparable with those of the Supervisory Board of other companies of similar size. Its unique characteristic is that nine of the thirteen members of the Supervisory Board are dairy farmers.
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Composition of the Supervisory Board
Kees (C.H.) Wantenaar (1949)
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Royal FrieslandCampina N.V., Chairman of the Board of Zuivelcoöperatie FrieslandCampina U.A.
Appointed: 31 December 2008
Nationality: Dutch
Occupation: dairy farmer
Other positions held: member of the Board of Nationale Coöperatieve Raad, Chairman of the NZO’s Sustainable Milk Production Committee, member of the Board of Productschap Zuivel (Dutch Dairy Board), member of the Board of Rabobank Soest-Baarn-Eemnes
Piet (P.) Boer (1960)
Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Royal FrieslandCampina N.V., Vice-Chairman of the Board of Zuivelcoöperatie FrieslandCampina U.A.
Appointed: 31 December 2008
Nationality: Dutch
Occupation: dairy farmer
Other positions held: member of the Supervisory Board of Alfa Top-Holding B.V.
Peter (P.A.F.W.) Elverding (1948)
Member of the Supervisory Board of Royal FrieslandCampina N.V.
Appointed: 31 December 2008
Nationality: Dutch
Other positions held: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ING Groep N.V., Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Océ N.V., Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Camille Oostwegel Holding b.v., member of the Supervisory Board of SHV Holdings N.V., Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Q-Park, member of the Board of Stichting Instituut Gak
Rob (R.) ter Haar (1950)
Member of the Supervisory Board of Royal FrieslandCampina N.V.
Appointed: 31 December 2008
Nationality: Dutch
Other positions held: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Parcom Capital B.V., Chairman of the Supervisory Board of VVAA Groep B.V., member of the Supervisory Board of Unibail-Rodamco S.A., member of the Supervisory Board of Maxeda B.V., member of the Supervisory Board of B.V. Sperwer Holding, member of the Board of Board Univar Inc.
Angelique (A.A.M.) Huijben-Pijnenburg (1968)
Member of the Supervisory
Board of Royal FrieslandCampina N.V., member of the Board of Zuivelcoöperatie FrieslandCampina U.A.
Appointed: 15 December 2010
Nationality: Dutch
Occupation: dairy farmer
Other positions held: member of the Board of AB Brabant, member of the General Management Board of the Brabantse Delta District Water Board Audit
Jorrit (J.) Jorritsma (1954)
Member of the Supervisory Board of Royal FrieslandCampina N.V., member of the Board of Zuivelcoöperatie FrieslandCampina U.A.
Appointed: 31 December 2008
Nationality: Dutch
Occupation: dairy farmer
Other positions held: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rabobank ‘De Stellingwerven’, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of AB Fryslân & Noord-Holland
Jan (J.P.C.) Keijsers (1955)
Member of the Supervisory Board of Royal FrieslandCampina N.V., member of the Board of Zuivelcoöperatie FrieslandCampina U.A.
Appointed: 31 December 2008
Nationality: Dutch
Occupation: dairy farmer
Frans (F.A.M.) Keurentjes (1957)
Member of the Supervisory Board of Royal FrieslandCampina N.V., member of the Board of Zuivelcoöperatie FrieslandCampina U.A.
Appointed: 31 December 2008
Nationality: Dutch
Occupation: dairy farmer
Other positions held: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rabobank Noordenveld West- Groningen, member of Grondkamer Noord (Agricultural Land Tenancies Authority North), member of Groningen Provincial Council
Simon (S.R.F.) Ruiter (1958)
Member of the Supervisory Board of Royal FrieslandCampina N.V., member of the Board of Zuivelcoöperatie FrieslandCampina U.A.
Appointed: 31 December 2008
Nationality: Dutch
Occupation: dairy farmer
Other positions held: Provincial Manager LTO-Noord, Province of Noord-Holland, Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rabobank Alkmaar a.e.
Henk (H.) Scheffers (1948)
Member of the Supervisory Board of Royal FrieslandCampina N.V.
Appointed: 31 December 2008
Nationality: Dutch
Other positions held: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Aalberts Industries N.V., member of the Supervisory Board of Royal Bam Group nv, member of the Supervisory Board of Wolters Kluwer N.V., Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Flint Holding N.V., member of the Investment Committee of NPM Capital N.V., member of the Supervisory Board of Made in Scotland, member of the Board of Stichting Administratiekantoor KAS Bank
Jan (J.H.G.M.) Uijttewaal (1962)
Member of the Supervisory Board of Royal FrieslandCampina N.V., member of the Board of Zuivelcoöperatie FrieslandCampina U.A.
Appointed: 31 December 2008
Nationality: Dutch
Occupation: dairy farmer
Other positions held: Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rabobank Maas en Waal
Ben (B.) van der Veer (1951)
Member of the Supervisory Board of Royal FrieslandCampina N.V.
Appointed: 1 October 2009
Nationality: Dutch
Other positions held: member of the Supervisory Board of Reed Elsevier N.V. and non-executive director of Reed Elsevier PLC, member of the Supervisory Board of AEGON N.V., member of the Supervisory Board of TomTom N.V., member of the Supervisory Board of Siemens Nederland N.V.
Erwin (W.M.) Wunnekink (1970)
Member of the Supervisory Board of Royal FrieslandCampina N.V., member of the Board of Zuivelcoöperatie FrieslandCampina U.A.
Appointed: 16 December 2009
Nationality: Dutch
Occupation: dairy farmer
Committees within the Supervisory Board
Appointment and Remuneration Committee
Peter Elverding, Chairman
Kees Wantenaar
Piet Boer
Audit Committee
Henk Scheffers, Chairman
Jan Uijttewaal
Ben van der Veer
Erwin Wunnekink
Supervisory Board appointment and resignation roster
• A Supervisory Board member is appointed for a maximum term of four consecutive years.
• At the Supervisory Board’s discretion, a member resigns on either:
a. the date that is four calendar years after the date on which they were last (re)appointed;
b. the date of the first Member Council meeting following the date specified under a.
• The term of office of a Supervisory Board member who is also a member of the Board of Zuivelcoöperatie FrieslandCampina U.A. ends on the termination of that Board membership.
• Unless the preceding provision is applicable, in principle, a Supervisory Board member whose term of office expires may be reappointed twice.
• The rotation schedule of the Supervisory Board of Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. geared to that of the Board of Zuivelcoöperatie FrieslandCampina U.A. (four year term of office).
• In principle the resignation and (re) appointment of Supervisory Board members takes place after the autumn Cooperative Member Council’s meeting.
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