• Members
• Regulations
• Profile
• Rotation scheme
• Share ownership
• Committees
The role of the Supervisory Board
Grontmij’s Supervisory Board has the duty to oversee all our activities and provide guidance and advice to the Executive Board. Supervision focuses on the realisation of strategy, proper execution of internal risk management and control structures, adequate financial reporting and legal and regulatory compliance. In pursuing these tasks, the SB takes the interest of all stakeholders into account. The Supervisory Board has two permanent committees that report directly to it, the Audit and the Appointment and Remuneration Committees.
F.L.V. Meysman, chairman
Year born 1952 Nationality Belgian Appointed 2001 Reappointed 2005/2009 Retiring 2013 Most important previous positions Chairman of the Executive Board of Sara Lee/DE NV and Executive Vice-president and Director of Sara Lee Corporation, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Corporate Express N.V. Current positions Member of the Supervisory Board of GIMV (Gewestelijke Investerings Maatschappij voor Vlaanderen), Spadel SA, Picanol NV.
S.E. Eisma, vice-chairman
Year born 1949 Nationality Dutch Appointed 2005 Reappointed 2009 Current term expires and eligible for reappointment 2013 Current positions lawyer and partner with De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek NV, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of HAL Holding NV and member of the Supervisory Board of Rabobank Nederland, professor at the University of Amsterdam, member of the capital market committee of the Authority Financial Markets and Chairman of the Supervisory Council of Hogeschool van Beeldende Kunsten, Muziek en Dans in the Hague.
P.E. Lindquist
Year born 1960 Nationality Swedish Appointed 2007 Current term expires and eligible for reappointment 2011 Most important previous positions Group Vice President, Head of Franchise and Factory Sales Scania, Executive Vice-President at Europe Alfa Laval. Current positions CEO of PIAB AB.
J.H.J. Zegering Hadders
Year born 1946 Nationality Dutch Appointed 2005 Reappointed 2009 Current term expires and eligible for reappointment 2013 Most important previous positions CEO of ING Nederland, Director of Exploitatiemaatschappij Tunnel onder de Noord, Director of Exploitatiemaatschappij Wijkertunnel Current positions Member of the Supervisory Board of Fortis NV, Econcern NV and GET Holding NV. Member of the Bussum Municipal Council, Member of the Supervisory Council of ICT Regie, Chairman of Stichting Nieuw Holland and Member of the Executive Committee of the BKVB (Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst) fund.
Regulations
The Supervisory Board works according to the Supervisory Board Regulations. Please see the document on the right side of this page.
Profile Supervisory Board
Please see the document on the right side of this page.
Rotation scheme
Please see the document on the right side of this page.
Share ownership
On 31 December 2008 none of the members of the Supervisory Board held any shares or depositary receipts in Grontmij NV.
Committees
Subject to its own responsibility the Supervisory Board has two permanent committees: the Audit committee and the Appointment and remuneration committee.
Audit committee
The Supervisory Board as a whole serves as an audit committee. Mr Zegering Hadders chairs the Audit committee, which meets at least four times each year. The committee works according to the Audit committee regulations. See document on the right side.
Appointment and remuneration committee
This committee consists of messrs Meysman and Eisma, and works according to the Appointment and remuneration committee regulations. See document on the right side. This committee meets at least twice a year.