Anton van Rossum

Overview

Anton van Rossum has been a member of the Board and the Compensation Committee since 2005. His term as a member of the Board expires at the AGM in 2008. The Board has determined him to be independent under the Group's independence standards. Mr. van Rossum was the Chief Executive Officer of Fortis, the leading Benelux banking and insurance group, from 2000 to 2004. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of Fortis and chaired the Boards of the principal subsidiaries of the group. Prior to that, Mr. van Rossum worked for 28 years with McKinsey and Company, where he led a number of top management consulting assignments with a focus on the banking and insurance sectors. He was elected Principal and a Director of the firm in 1979 and 1986, respectively. He studied Economics and Business Administration at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in 1965 and a master's degree in 1969. Mr. van Rossum is a member of the Board of Directors of Solvay S.A., Brussels, the international chemical and pharmaceuticals group (since 2006), of Rodamco Europe, Rotterdam, a commercial real estate group (since 2007), and of Vopak NV, Rotterdam (since 2007) whose Chairman he has recently become. He is also the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Erasmus University, Rotterdam, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Conference Board, the Chairman of the Netherlands Economic Institute, the International President of the European League for Economic Cooperation and sits on the Boards of several cultural, philanthropic and educational institutions.