T. de Waard
Mr. De Waard (1946) was appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board on 8 April 2010.
His current term expires in 2014. Mr. De Waard graduated from Leiden University in 1971 and joined Stibbe in Amsterdam as a lawyer in the same year, where he became a partner in 1979. He was the resident partner of Stibbe in New York (1985-1990). In 2000 he joined Clifford Chance, where he was Managing Partner of the Amsterdam office (2002-2005) and a Member of the Global Management Committee representing Continental Europe (2005-2007). His expertise includes privatisations, especially in the energy sector.
Mr. De Waard currently is Managing Partner at Reuling Schutte de Waard which specializes in mediation and alternative dispute resolution. Mr. De Waard is a member of the Supervisory Board of STMicroelectronics N.V. (STM). In that capacity he is Chairman of the Audit Committee and of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee. Mr. De Waard is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BE Semiconductor Industries N.V. (BESI) and member of the Audit Committee and of the Remuneration Committee of BESI.
Mr. De Waard has the Dutch nationality.