Maarten van den Bergh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Maarten van den Bergh

Dutch businessman

Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1942

Place of Birth: New York, United States

Profession: businessperson

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Maarten van den Bergh

  • Maarten Albert van den Bergh (born 19 April 1942 in New York City) is a Dutch businessman. Van den Bergh is the son of Maria Meijers (1905–1957) and Sidney James van den Bergh, long-term chairman of Unilever and Dutch Minister of Defense in 1959.
  • his grandfather Samuel van den Bergh was one of the founders of Unilever.
  • Van den Bergh spent 32 years at Royal Dutch Shell, where he rose to president, and to vice-president of the committee of managing directors.
  • In 2001, he left Shell to become chairman of Lloyds TSB, a financial services company based in the United Kingdom.Board memberships: Member of the Supervisory Board at Akzo Nobel NV starting in 2005; Deputy Chairman of Supervisory Board until May 2006; Chairman of Akzo Nobel's Supervisory Board from May 2006 to February 2009 Deputy Chairman of BT Group Plc from 1 October 2006 to 15 July 2009; Non-Executive Director of BT Group Plc from 1 September 2000 to 15 July 2009; Non-Executive Director of British Telecom. Vice Chairman of the Committee of Managing Directors of Royal Dutch/Shell Group of companies from 1998 to 2000; Member of Supervisory Board of Royal Dutch Shell plc from 2000 to 4 July 2005; Non-Executive Director of Royal Dutch Shell Plc since October 2004 Non-Executive Director of Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and served as its Member of the Supervisory Board since 2000. Deputy Chairman of Lloyds Banking Group plc since 2000; Director of Lloyds TSB Bank Plc until 11 May 2006. Independent Non-executive Director or International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A.
  • from July 2002 to January 2011 Non-Executive Director of Lloyds Banking Group plc from 2000 to May 2006In 2005, The Times named him the most powerful businessman in Great Britain.

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