Dockwise :: Board of Directors

Adri Baan (born 1942), Chairman

Mr. Baan was first appointed on 30 July 2007. He held a series of senior positions with and was a member of the board of directors of Royal Philips Electronics N.V. from 1984 to 2001. Furthermore, he was formerly an independent director of PSA Corporation Limited (Port of Singapore Authority) and PSA Europe Limited, a non-executive director of International Power plc., a member of the supervisory board of directors of ASM International N.V., Chairman of the supervisory board of directors of the Authority for Financial Markets in the Netherlands, and a director of NPM Capital. He is currently the chairman of the supervisory board of directors of
Wolters Kluwer N.V. and Royal Volker Wessels Stevin N.V., member of the supervisory board of Directors of OCE N.V. and Imtech N.V., member of the board of directors of the preference shares Foundation ASML N.V. and chairman of the Trust Office of KAS Bank N.V. and senior advisor of Warburg Pincus, UK. He is also a member of the supervisory board of directors of the University of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Medical Center. Mr. Baan has a master’s degree in Physics from the University of Amsterdam. He is a Dutch citizen and resides in the Netherlands.

André Goedée (born 1951), Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Mr. Goedée has held the position as CEO of the Company since 2003 and was first appointed to the Board of Directors on 4 May 2007. Mr. Goedée has 41 years of experience with the shipping, drilling and heavy marine transport industries. He spent eight years with Nedlloyd Lines and twelve years with Neddrill Drilling Contractors. He graduated from Rijnlands Lyceum, Wassenaar and Merchant Marine College, Scheveningen. He holds a degree as Master Mariner and has served as the executive vice president of the Heerema Group. Prior to being appointed CEO of the Company in 2003, he served as chief executive officer of the European speciality staffing division of Vedior, a global staffing organization. Mr. Goedée is a Dutch citizen and resides in the Netherlands.

Tom Ehret (born 1952), Director and Deputy Chairman

Mr. Ehret was first appointed to the Board of Directors on 15 October 2007. He retired as chief executive officer of Acergy SA (formerly Stolt Offshore SA) in April 2008. Mr. Ehret has been active in the offshore oil and gas business for over 30 years, and has held a variety of positions, both technical and commercial, working with Comex SA, FMC Corporation, Coflexip Stena Offshore and Technip S.A.He has managed companies for over 20 years. Mr. Ehret has been trained as a mechanical engineer, and started working as a Research and development engineer before moving into project management. In addition to the Issuer, Mr. Ehret currently holds the following directorships: SBM Offshore N.V. (supervisory board), Acergy SA, Green Holdings Corporation and Comex SA. He is also an operating partner with Advent International Inc. Mr. Ehret is a French citizen and resides in the United Kingdom.

Rutger van Slobbe (born 1952), Director

Mr. Van Slobbe was first appointed to the Board of Directors on 13 July 2007. He has been active in the container transport business since he joined Nedlloyd Lines in 1982. After serving in various operational and executive positions, Mr. Van Slobbe was appointed as executive director of P&O Nedlloyd in 1997. He stepped down as Member of the executive board of directors after the acquisition and delisting of P&O Nedlloyd by Maersk Sealand in 2005. Mr. Van Slobbe holds various additional positions, including member of the supervisory board of directors of the Port of Rotterdam N.V., member of the supervisory board of directors of the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution (KNRM), chairman of the supervisory board of directors of Cargonaut B.V., member of the supervisory board of directors of Shipping and Transport College (STC) Rotterdam and co-owner of Oxalis Coöperatie U.A. Mr. Van Slobbe is a Dutch citizen and resides in the Netherlands.

Danny McNease (born 1951), Director

Mr. McNease was first appointed to the Board of Directors on 15 October 2007. He retired at the end of 2008 from Rowan Companies Inc., an international offshore and land drilling contractor, after more than 30 years with the company. Mr. McNease is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi and the Columbia University Executive Program. He has served in the Drilling Division of Rowan Companies Inc. as a barge engineer, driller, rig Superintendent and manager both in the United States and abroad before moving into executive Management positions. Mr. McNease is a United States citizen and resides in the United States.

Jaap van Wiechen (born 1972), Director

Mr. Van Wiechen was first appointed on 4 November 2009 and started on 1 December 2009. He has been active in the investment industry since he joined HAL Investments B.V. in 1997. Within HAL, Mr. Van Wiechen is responsible for the following HAL-portfolio companies where he also acts as a member of the supervisory board of directors and audit committees: Mercurius GroepB.V., N.V. Nationale Borgmaatschappij, FD Mediagroep B.V. and InVesting B.V. Next to these board positions, Mr. Van Wiechen is a member of the board of Stichting Pensioenfonds HAL. Mr. Van Wiechen is a Dutch citizen and resides in the Netherlands.