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Mr. Hessels will serve as the Chairman of the NYSE Euronext board of directors.
Mr. Hessels 64 has been the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Euronext since its creation in September 2000.
Before that he was a member of the Supervisory Board of Amsterdam Exchanges since its creation in 1997. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Royal Vendex KBB from 1990 to 2000 and served on the supervisory boards of Royal Vopak N.V. (the Netherlands) from 1999 to 2005 Laurus N.V. (the Netherlands) from 1998 to 2004 B&N.com Inc. from 1999 to 2003 and Schiphol Group N.V. from 1993 to May 2006.
Mr. Hessels is currently a member of the supervisory boards of Euronext Amsterdam N.V. (the Netherlands) (a subsidiary of Euronext) Royal Philips Electronics N.V. (the Netherlands) Heineken N.V. (the Netherlands) and Fortis N.V. (the Netherlands/Belgium). He is currently chairman of Schiphol Area Development Company (the Netherlands) SC Johnson Europlant B.V. (the Netherlands) Stichting Particuliere Historische Buitenplaatsen (Dutch Association of Private Historical Estates) and the Dutch National Committee ��Rembrandt 400.��
Mr. Hessels also serves on the international advisory boards of the Blackstone Group and SC Johnson Corporation. | 