Gerrit Johan Frederik Kaat has served as one of our directors since October 2007. Mr. Kaat is Senior Vice President of NXP Semiconductors B.V. and responsible for strategy and technology in the Business Unit Mobile and Personal. NXP B.V. was formed after the disentanglement of Philips Semiconductors from Philips in September 2006. Mr. Kaat served in several research and development, and business management functions with Philips Semiconductors B.V. since February 1980. He was the General Manager of the Business Unit Mobile and Personal of Philips Semiconductors from October 2003 until September 2006 and for the same business unit until April 2007 within NXP Semiconductors. From 1996 to 2003, Mr. Kaat worked in the Business Unit Mobile Communications of Philips Semiconductors as the General Manger of the Business Line Cellular. |