Annual Report 2008
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Board of Management

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The Board of Management operates under the chairmanship of the President/Chief Executive Officer. The members of the Board of Management have collective powers and responsibilities. They share responsibility for the management of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (the 'Company'), the deployment of its strategy and policies, and the achievement of its objectives and results. The Board of Management has, for practical purposes, adopted a division of responsibilities reflecting the functional and business areas monitored and reviewed by the individual members. In accordance with the Company’s corporate objectives and Dutch law, the Board of Management is guided by the interests of the Company and its affiliated enterprises within the Group, taking into consideration the interests of the Company’s stakeholders, and is accountable for the performance of its assignment to the Supervisory Board and the General Meeting of Shareholders. The Rules of Procedure of the Board of Management are published on the Company’s website (www.philips.com/investor).

Gerard Kleisterlee

1946, Dutch

President/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairman of the Board of Management and the Group Management Committee President/CEO and Chairman of the Board of Management since April 2001, member of the Board of Management since April 2000 and member of the Group Management Committee since January 1999

Corporate responsibilities: Communications, Internal Audit, Legal/Compliance/GBP, Human Resources Management, Marketing, Technology Management

Pierre-Jean Sivignon

1956, French

Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) CFO and member of the Board of Management and the Group Management Committee since June 2005

Corporate responsibilities: Control, Treasury, Fiscal, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investor Relations, Information Technology, Pensions, Real Estate, Corporate Investments, Supply Management, New Venture Integration

Gottfried Dutiné

1952, German

Executive Vice-President Member of the Board of Management since April 2002 and member of the Group Management Committee since February 2002

Corporate responsibilities: Areas and Countries, Government Relations, Strategic Initiatives, Emerging Markets

Rudy Provoost

1959, Belgian

Executive Vice-President and Chief Executive Officer of Philips LightingMember of the Board of Management since April 2006, member of the Group Management Committee since August 2003 and CEO of Philips Lighting since April 2008

Corporate responsibilities: Lighting Sector, Sales Leadership Board, Sustainability

Andrea Ragnetti

1960, Italian

Executive Vice-President and Chief Executive Officer of Philips Consumer LifestyleMember of the Board of Management since April 2006, member of the Group Management Committee since January 2003 and CEO of Consumer Lifestyle since 2008

Corporate responsibilities: Consumer Lifestyle Sector, Design

Steve Rusckowski

1957, American

Executive Vice-President and Chief Executive Officer of Philips HealthcareMember of the Board of Management since April 2007 and CEO of Philips Healthcare since November 2006

Corporate responsibilities: Healthcare Sector

A full description of the Company’s corporate governance structure is published in the chapter Corporate governance of this Annual Report.
This is an interactive electronic version of the Philips Annual Report 2008 and also contains certain information in summarized form. The contents of this version are qualified in their entirety by reference to the printed version of the Philips Annual Report 2008. The printed version is available as a PDF file on this website. Information about: forward-looking statements, third-party market share data, fair value information, US GAAP basis of presentation, use of non-US GAAP information, statutory financial statements and management report, revision and reclassifications and analysis of 2007 compared to 2006.
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