Karel Van Miert 65 joined the Board on 19 March 2002. He is a member of the Audit and Nomination Committees. He is currently a member of the supervisory boards of German utility RWE Philips NV Munich Re and Vivendi Universal. He is also a member of the advisory boards of Goldman Sachs and Eli Lilly and a member of the Boards of Solvay s.a. and Agfa-Gevaert. He was previously President of Nyenrode University Netherlands Business School a member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1985 and a member of the European Commission from 1989 to 1999. |