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: Strategy and business development, Communications, Internal Audit, Human Resources Management, Legal/Compliance/GBP, Technology Management, Marketing
Gerard Kleisterlee joined Philips’ Medical Systems division in 1974, where he held a number of positions in manufacturing management. From 1981 to 1986 he was the General Manager of Philips’ Professional Audio Product Group. Mr. Kleisterlee joined Philips Components in 1986 as Industrial Director for Display Components and was appointed Managing Director of Philips Display Components worldwide in 1994. He became President of Philips Taiwan and Regional Manager for Philips Components in Asia-Pacific in 1996. From September 1997 to June 1998 he was also responsible for all activities of the Philips Group in China.
Mr. Kleisterlee returned to Europe in 1999 as CEO of Philips’ Components division and was appointed a member of the Group Management Committee since January 1, 1999, and Executive Vice-President of Philips and a member of the Board of Management since April 1, 2000. He was appointed Chief Operation Officer of Philips on September 1, 2000. On April 30, 2001, he was appointed President & Chief Executive Officer of Philips and Chairman of the Board of Management and the Group Management Committee.
Mr. Kleisterlee, who was born in Germany in 1946, attended Eindhoven Technical University in the Netherlands and graduated with a degree in Electronic Engineering. He received an honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium in 2005.
Memberships
Mr. Kleisterlee is a member of the European Round Table of Industrialists since June 2001. He is a member of its Steering Committe and chairing its Competitiveness Working Group, both since June 2006.
He is also a member of the Asia Business Council.
Mr Kleisterlee also serves as a member of the Dutch Innovation Platform, which is chaired by the Prime Minister of the Netherlands.
Since July 2001 he is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Eindhoven Technical University.
In November 2007 Mr. Kleisterlee joined the Executive Committee of the IMD in Lausanne and became the chairman of both IMD's Foundation Board as well as the Executive Committee in November 2008.
Mr Kleisterlee is a member of the Supervisory Board of De Nederlandsche Bank NV since July 2006.
He is also the Chairman of the Foundation of the Cancer Centre Amsterdam and a member of the Supervisory Board of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
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