Board of Management
A.J. Scheepbouwer (1944)
Chairman of the Board of Management and Chief Executive Officer
Ad Scheepbouwer was appointed Chairman of our Board of Management and Chief Executive Officer on November 1, 2001. His employment contract terminates on July 1, 2011.
From 1976 to 1988, Scheepbouwer was President of the Airfreight division of Pakhoed Holding N.V. (Pandair Group). In 1988, he was appointed as Managing Director of PTT Post, then part of the Dutch national post and telecommunications operator, Koninklijke PTT Nederland N.V.
In 1992, Scheepbouwer joined the Board of Management of Koninklijke PTT Nederland N.V. In June 1998, the mail, express and logistics activities were demerged from Koninklijke PTT Nederland N.V. and incorporated as a separate company, TPG N.V., of which Scheepbouwer became Chief Executive Officer. From June 1998 until September 9, 2001, he was a member of KPN’s Supervisory Board.
He is currently chairman of the Supervisory Board of Havenbedrijf Rotterdam N.V., chairman of the Supervisory Council of the Maasstad Hospital, member of the Supervisory Board of Welzorg Group and member of the Supervisory Board of, and an investor in, RFS Holland Holding B.V.
Mr Scheepbouwer is also chairman of the Audit Committee 'Sleutelgebieden' of the Innovationplatform, member of the Advisory Councils of ECP.NL and the Rotterdam School of Management and chairman of the Economic Advisory Council for the city of Dordrecht. Furthermore, he is a member of the Board of the Foundation for the support of the Dutch Bach Association, member of the Supervisory Council of the Foundation for the National Art Collection and Ambassador 'Randstad Urgent' (Project International City The Hague).
M.H.M. Smits (1961)
Member of the Board of Management and Chief Financial Officer
Marcel Smits was appointed as a member of the Board of Management on August 9, 2004 and has been our Chief Financial Officer since September 11, 2004.
Smits is a former member of the Board of Management and Chief Financial Officer of Vendex KBB N.V. Before that he had held various (financial) management positions at Unilever.
He is currently a member of the Supervisory Board of Delta Lloyd N.V. and a member of the Supervisory Board of Euronext N.V.
E. Blok (1957)
Member of the Board of Management and Managing Director Business Segment, Getronics Segment and Wholesale & Operations Segment.
Eelco Blok was appointed as a member of the Board of Management on June 1, 2006 and was responsible for KPN's Fixed division until January 1, 2007.
Since that date he has been responsible for KPN's Business Segment and Wholesale & Operations Segment in The Netherlands, and as from October 2007 for KPN's Getronics Segment.
Blok joined KPN in 1983 and had various management positions, including positions as director of KPN’s departments Carrier Services, Corporate Networks and Fixed Net Operator, and he was responsible for Corporate Strategy & Innovation. Most recently he was Chief Operating Officer for our Fixed division. He was previously, from April until December 2004, a member of our Board of Management.
Mr. Blok is a member of the Supervisory Board of Getronics N.V., a member of the Advisory Board of New Venture, a member of the Board of ICT-Office and a non-executive member of the Board of iBasis.
S.P. Miller (1958)
Member of the Board of Management and Managing Director Mobile International
Stan Miller was appointed as a member of the Board of Management on June 1, 2006. Until January 1, 2007 he was (as Managing Director of our Mobile Division) responsible for all our activities in The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and abroad. Since that date he is responsible for all our Mobile International activities (outside The Netherlands), as well as all our mobile wholesale activities.
Miller held various senior management and positions in the (pay)television, media and IT industry in South Africa and Europe, including M-Net (South-Africa), MIH (The Netherlands/South-Africa) and Nethold (The Netherlands). In November 1998, he was appointed CEO of KPN Orange, now BASE. Since then he has held various positions in KPN’s mobile activities, including those of CEO of KPN Mobile The Netherlands and KPN Mobile International, and member of the Board of Management of KPN Mobile N.V. and Hutchison 3G UK Ltd. In May 2005 he was appointed CEO of KPN's international mobile activities, E-Plus and BASE. He currently is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of E-Plus and Chairman of the Board of BASE.
J.B.P. Coopmans (1965)
Member of the Board of Management and Managing Director Consumer Segment
Baptiest Coopmans was appointed as member of the Board of Management on September 11, 2006. As of January 1, 2007 he is responsible for our Consumer Segment in The Netherlands.
Coopmans held various (commercial) management positions at Unilever. In 1998 he was appointed Managing Director of DiverseyLever. In September 2000 he was appointed chairman of the Board of IgloMora and as of 2004 he was chairman of the Board of Unilever de Mexico.
