The Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board oversees the policies of the Board of Directors and the general state of affairs within the company and its related companies. They also provide consultancy support and advice to the Board.

Read an interview with the supervisory board here.


Biographies

H. van Berckel (1960)
Current position:
Partner CVC Capital Partners, Netherlands
Nationality: Dutch
Appointed on: 1 March 2006
Hugo van Berckel is a partner at CVC Capital Partners.
Before he started working at CVC Capital Partners in
1999, he held various positions at, among others
ABN AMRO bank and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
Hugo vanBerckel studied law at the University of
Leiden and holds a Master degree of Business
Administration from INSEAD, Fontainebleau. He holds
directorships at Koninklijke Volker Wessels Stevin
and C1000.

P.A.M. Berdowski (1957)
Current position:
CEO of Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster N.V.
Nationality: Dutch
Appointed on: 1 April 2009
Peter Berdowski studied Chemistry at the University
of Utrecht. Before 1997 he held various managerial
positions in the Netherlands at Royal Shell Group and
Krekel van der Woerd Wouterse. In 1997, Berdowski
started working for the international dredging company
Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster as a board director.
He became Vice-Chairman in 2001 and then Chairman
of the Board in May 2006.

C.J. van den Driest (1947)
Current position:
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Anthony
Veder Group N.V. and Van Oord N.V., member of the
Supervisory Board of Stork B.V. and Koninklijke
Vopak N.V.
Nationality: Dutch
Appointed on: 1 April 2009
Carel van den Driest studied business economics at the
University of Groningen. After graduation he worked
at, amongst others, Shell in The Hague and Brunei and
after that at the Rotterdam shipping and harbour
company Van Ommeren. At Van Ommeren he held
several executive positions, ultimately joining the
Board and as Chairman from 1991 to 1999. In 2000,
Van den Driest transferred to ECT, holding the post of
Chairman of the Board. In 2002, he became Chairman
of the Board of Koninklijke Vopak, a position he held
until late 2005.

R. Gorenflos (1961)
Current position:
Partner Kohlberg Kravis Roberts LLP, London, United
Kingdom
Nationality: German
Appointed on: 1 March 2006
Reinhard Gorenflos is a partner at KKR. Since his
appointment in 2001, he has played a leading role in
the investments in AVR, Van Gansewinkel, Duales
System Deutschland (DSD), FL Selenia, MTU Aero
Engines, Demag, Zumtobel, and Legrand. Gorenflos is
also a member of the Portfolio Management Committee
and the Infrastructure Investment Committee.
He studied economics at the University of Freiburg in
Germany and has a Masters in Public Administration,
John McCloy Academic Scholar of the School of
Government at Harvard University (USA).

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