Board and management

Supervisory Board

1 Rene Dahan, Chairman
Chairman of the Selection and Appointment Committee

2 Derk Doijer
Chairman Remuneration Committee

3 Myra Hart

4 Jan Hommen, Vice-Chairman
Chairman of the Audit Committee

5 Karen de Segundo

6 Stephanie Shern

Corporate Executive Board

7 Anders Moberg ¹
President and Chief Executive Officer

8 John Rishton ¹, ²
Acting Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

9 Peter Wakkie ¹
Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Governance Counsel

Key Corporate Officers

10 Joop Brakenhoff
Internal Audit

11 Arthur Brouwer¹
Business Support

12 Jim Lawler¹
Human Resources

13 Dave McNally
Information Technology

14 Kimberly Ross
Treasury and Tax

15 Joost Sliepenbeek
Accounting and Reporting

Ahold Leadership Team

16 Kenneth Bengtsson
President and CEO, ICA AB ⁴

17 Lawrence Benjamin
President and CEO U.S. Foodservice

18 Jacquot Boelen
President and CEO, Central Europe Arena

19 Dick Boer
President and CEO, Albert Heijn Arena

20 Anthony Schiano
President and CEO, Giant-Carlisle/Tops Arena

21 Marc Smith ³
President and CEO, Stop & Shop Arena/Giant-Landover Arena

Corporate Executive Board

Anders Moberg ¹

President and Chief Executive Officer
Anders Moberg (March 21, 1950) is a Swedish national. He assumed the position of acting CEO on May 5, 2003. On September 4, 2003, our shareholders appointed him to the Corporate Executive Board in the position of President and CEO. Mr. Moberg is the former CEO and president of IKEA Group and he was formerly division president-international at Home Depot in the United States. Currently, Mr. Moberg is chairman of the supervisory board of Clas Ohlson AB and a member of the supervisory boards of Velux A/S and DFDS A/S.

John Rishton ¹, ²

Acting Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
John Rishton (February 21, 1958) is a British national. He assumed the position of acting Executive Vice President and CFO on January 2, 2006. Mr. Rishton is former CFO of British Airways PLC. He has also worked for Ford Europe in various international executive positions. The Supervisory Board will nominate Mr. Rishton for appointment to the Corporate Executive Board at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on May 18, 2006.

Peter Wakkie ¹

Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Governance Counsel
Peter Wakkie (June 22, 1948) is a Dutch national. Mr. Wakkie joined Ahold as acting Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Governance Counsel on October 15, 2003. That position was formalized when our shareholders appointed him a member of the Corporate Executive Board on November 26, 2003. Prior to joining Ahold, he was a partner at law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, which he joined in 1972, specializing in mergers and acquisitions and corporate litigation. He became a partner of the firm in 1979 and was managing partner from 1997 to 2001. Mr. Wakkie is a member of the supervisory boards of the Albert Heijn Vaste Klanten Fonds, Schuitema N.V. and Wolters Kluwer N.V.

Key Corporate Officers

Internal Audit

Joop Brakenhoff

Senior Vice President and Chief Internal Audit Officer, Ahold
Joop Brakenhoff (July 2, 1965) is a Dutch national. He joined Ahold in June 2002 in the position of Vice President Internal Audit Europe. In February 2004, he was appointed Vice President Accounting. In February 2005 he was appointed Vice President Internal Control. From February 2005 until September 2005 Mr. Brakenhoff combined the Vice President Accounting and the Vice President Internal Control function. In September 2005 he was appointed to his current position of Senior Vice President and Chief Internal Audit Officer. Prior to joining Ahold, Mr. Brakenhoff held various management positions at KPMG before joining the Heerema Group in 1994 and the Burg Industries Group two years later as group controller and as from 1998 as CFO.

Business Support

Arthur Brouwer ¹

Senior Vice President and Chief Business Support Officer, Ahold
Arthur Brouwer (September 27, 1961) is a Dutch national. He joined Ahold in 1992 as Vice President of Management Development and Organization and was promoted to Senior Vice President of Management Development and Organization in October 1997. In 2000, he was also appointed Chief Support Officer of Ahold's European Competence Center. He was appointed Chief Business Support Officer effective October 1, 2003. Prior to joining Ahold, Mr. Brouwer held the position of manager of Human Resources Planning and Development at Mercedes-Benz Nederland B.V.

Human Resources

Jim Lawler ¹

Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Ahold
Jim Lawler (December 20, 1958) is a U.S. national. He joined Ahold in August 1999 as Executive Vice President of Human Resources for Giant-Landover. In November 2001, he became Executive Vice President of Human Resources for Ahold U.S.A. In November 2003, he assumed his current role of Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining Ahold, Mr. Lawler held the position of senior vice president of Human Resources in Rexam PLC's Coated Films and Papers sector and a variety of executive human resource positions at PepsiCo and Nordson Corporation.

Information Technology

Dave McNally

Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Ahold
Dave McNally (December 24, 1954) is a U.S. national. He joined Ahold in 2005 in the position of Chief Information Officer, EVP Business Process for U.S. Foodservice. In September 2005 he was appointed to his current position of Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Prior to joining Ahold, Mr. McNally held the position of senior director at AlixPartners LLC where he ran the IT Turnaround Services practice. It was in this capacity that he served as the interim Chief Information Officer for U.S. Foodservice from February 2004.

Treasury and Tax

Kimberly Ross

Senior Vice President and Chief Treasury and Tax Officer, Ahold
Kimberly Ross (May 5, 1965) is a U.S. national. She joined Ahold in September 2001 as Assistant Treasurer. In April 2002, she became Vice President and Group Treasurer and was promoted to Senior Vice President and Group Treasurer in January 2004. She was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Treasury and Tax Officer on April 1, 2005. Prior to joining Ahold, Mrs. Ross held the position of senior manager at Ernst & Young in New York and director of Corporate Finance for the Americas at Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Inc. Mrs. Ross also held a number of other management positions at Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Inc. from 1995 through 2001 as well as at Anchor Glass from 1992 to 1995.

Accounting and Reporting

Joost Sliepenbeek

Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, Ahold
Joost Sliepenbeek (December 4, 1963) is a Dutch national. He joined Ahold in 1994 in the position of Director Mergers and Acquisitions. Subsequently, he was Controller of GVA, now Deli XL, and from April 1999 to July 2003, he served as Executive Vice President and CFO of Albert Heijn. He was appointed Senior Vice President Controller in July 2003. As of April 2004, he was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Sliepenbeek served as CFO ad interim between September 1, 2005 and January 2, 2006. Prior to joining Ahold, Mr. Sliepenbeek worked as an investment manager for Gilde Investment Management and as a consultant in the Financial Management Practice of KPMG Consulting. He is a member of the supervisory board of the Albert Heijn Vaste Klanten Fonds and Schuitema N.V.

Retail

Marc Smith ¹, ³

President and CEO, Stop & Shop/Giant-Landover Arena

Anthony Schiano ¹

President and CEO, Giant-Carlisle/Tops Arena

Dick Boer ¹

President and CEO, Albert Heijn Arena

Jacquot Boelen ¹

President and CEO, Central Europe Arena

Jan Brouwer

President and CEO, Schuitema N.V.

Kenneth Bengtsson ¹

President and CEO, ICA AB ⁴

Pedro Soares dos Santos

President and CEO, Jerónimo Martins Retail ⁴

Foodservice

Lawrence Benjamin ¹

President and CEO, U.S. Foodservice

Supervisory Board

Rene Dahan, Chairman

Chairman of the Selection and Appointment Committee
Rene Dahan (August 26, 1941) is a Dutch national. He was first appointed to the Supervisory Board on June 2, 2004, and his term runs until 2008. Mr. Dahan is former executive vice president and director of Exxon Mobil Corporation. He is a member of the supervisory boards of VNU N.V., TNT N.V., and Aegon N.V. as well as member of the international advisory board of the Guggenheim group in New York, United States. Mr. Dahan is a member of the international advisory board of the Instituto de Empresa, Madrid, Spain.

Jan H.M. Hommen, Vice-Chairman

Chairman of the Audit Committee
Jan Hommen (April 29, 1943) is a Dutch national. He was first appointed to the Supervisory Board on May 13, 2003, and his term runs until 2007. Mr. Hommen is former CFO and vice chairman of the board of management of Royal Philips Electronics N.V. He is chairman of the supervisory board of TNT N.V., chairman of the board of Reed Elsevier N.V., and member of the supervisory board of ING Groep N.V. Mr. Hommen is chairman of the supervisory board of the Academic Hospital Maastricht and chairman of the board of directors of MedQuist Inc. which is approximately 70.9% owned by Royal Philips Electronics N.V.

Karen de Segundo

Karen de Segundo (December 12, 1946) is a Dutch national. She was first appointed to the Supervisory Board on June 2, 2004, and her term runs until 2008. Mrs. de Segundo is former CEO of Shell International Renewables and president of Shell Hydrogen and prior to that CEO of Shell International Gas & Power. She is a member of the board of Jaakko Pöyry Group Oyj and director of Lonmin Plc and of Merrill Lynch New Energy Technology Plc.

Derk C. Doijer

Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
Derk Doijer (October 9, 1949) is a Dutch national. He was first appointed to the Supervisory Board on May 18, 2005, and his term runs until 2009. Mr. Doijer is a former member of the executive board of directors of SHV Holdings N.V. and, prior to that, held several executive positions in the Netherlands and South America. He is non-executive chairman of the board of Van der Sluijs Group Holding B.V., a member of the supervisory board of Corio N.V. and a member of the investment committee of NPM Capital N.V.

Myra M. Hart

Myra Hart (August 5, 1940) is a U.S. national. She was first appointed to the Supervisory Board on May 18, 2005, and her term runs until 2009. She is an academic (professor of entrepreneurship) by profession. She holds the MBA Class of 1961 Chair of Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School. Prior to joining Harvard in 1995, Professor Hart was on the founding team of Staples the Office Superstore, serving as vice president of Growth and Development from launch through initial public offering. She is a member of the board of Office Depot, Intellivid, Nina McLemore and eCornell. Professor Hart is a trustee of Cornell University, a director of the Center for Women's Business Research and a member of the Committee of 200.

Stephanie M. Shern

Stephanie Shern (January 7, 1948) is a U.S. national. She was first appointed to the Supervisory Board on May 18, 2005, and her term runs until 2009. Mrs. Shern was with Ernst & Young for over 30 years, most recently as vice chairman and global director of Retail and Consumer Products and a member of Ernst & Young's U.S. management committee. She is the lead Director of GameStop and a member of the board and chair of the audit committee of GameStop and Scotts Miracle-Gro. She is also a member of the board of Sprint Nextel Corporation and a member of the advisory board of Pennsylvania State University, School of Business.