Roberto Quarta
Roberto Quarta is currently Chairman of WPP plc and of Smith & Nephew plc, a FTSE 100 listed global medical devices company. He is also Partner and Chairman of the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Europe LLC (CD&R).
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Tom de Swaan
Experienced Chairman: AEX, EURONEXT 100, SMI, Stoxx Europe 50, Public Sector, Private Sector
Experienced CFO: Public Sector, Private Sector
- 21 years of international senior leadership experience
- Multi-industry knowledge in financial services, insurance, chemicals, government and pharmaceuticals
- Experience as Chief Financial Officer, Audit Committee Chair, Compensation Committee Chair, Governance Committee Chair, Nomination Committee Chair, Risk Committee Chair, CSR Committee member
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Tom de Swaan is Chairman of the Supervisory Boards of ABN AMRO Group N.V. and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. He is an Advisory Board member of Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi AS.
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Tom de Swaan has held senior positions with a range of financial institutions, including supervisory authorities. He was a member of the Governing Board of De Nederlandsche Bank, member of the Executive Board and CFO of ABN AMRO, and Chairman of the board of the Zurich Insurance Group. In addition, Tom de Swaan has developed a broad portfolio of corporate and not-for-profit activities, and has served on several boards, including as a member of the Supervisory Board of Van Lanschot Kempen N.V., the holding company of an independent Dutch bank, where he served as Chairman until the end of 2015. He was also a member of the Advisory Board of the China Banking Regulatory Commission in Beijing from 2009 to 2017.
Tom was the Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Royal DSM NV, a Netherlands-based global life sciences and material sciences group, until April 2018. He was the Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Royal Ahold N.V., a multi-country supermarket chain and he was also Chairman of the Amsterdam Financial Center, Chairman of the banking Supervisory sub-Committee of the European Monetary Institute and became a member of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in 1991 and was its Chairman from 1997 to 1998. He was a Non-Executive Director of the UK Financial Services Authority and of GlaxoSmithKline plc.
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Jim Hagemann Snabe
Jim Hagemann Snabe is currently Chairman of A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S, Chairman of Siemens AG, Vice-Chairman of Allianz SE, and a Member of the Board of Trustees at the World Economic Forum. He is also a Senior Advisor to Nordic Alpha Partners, a Council Member of Balderton Capital (UK) LLP, and an Adjunct Professor at the Copenhagen Business School.
Dr Svein Richard Brandtzæg
Dr Svein Richard Brandtzæg recently stepped down as CEO of the global aluminium company Norsk Hydro ASA and is currently Vice Chairman of DNB ASA, Chairman of Veidekke ASA, an Independent Director at Schmolz + Bickenbach AG, Switzerland and a Non-Executive Director of SCR-Sibelco N.V., Belgium. Brandtzæg is also Chair of a Norwegian Government Committee for Business development.
Rona Fairhead
The Baroness Fairhead CBE
Rona Fairhead (The Baroness Fairhead CBE) is currently a Non-Executive Director and Member of the Finance and Audit Committee of Oracle Corporation, a director of SurvivorNet (healthcare start-up), member of the External Advisory Group, McKinsey & Co and a Member of the House of Lords. Baroness Fairhead was previously the Chairman and CEO of the Financial Times Group.