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Board
The CIES Board of Directors is composed of 18 Directors who are actively involved Chairmen and/or CEOs of Retail Member Companies.

Chairman: Pierre-Olivier BECKERS
Delhaize Group, Belgium
Gareth ACKERMAN
Pick'n Pay Holdings, South Africa
Bill McEWAN
Sobeys Inc. Canada
Arturo BASTIANELLO
Gruppo Pam S.p.A., Italy

Jeff NODDLE,
Supervalu Inc., USA

Kenneth BENGTSSON
ICA AB, Sweden
Motoya OKADA
Æon Co., Ltd, Japan

Klaus DOHLE
Dohle, Germany

Mark PRICE
Waitrose, United Kingdom
Mike DUKE
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., USA
Senator Feargal QUINN
Superquinn, Ireland
Claude HAUSER
Federation of Migros Cooperatives, Switzerland
Gonzalo RESTREPO
Almacenes Exito S.A., Colombia
Hiroshi KAWASHIMA
Tokyu Store Chain Co., Ltd, Japan
Francisco SOARES DOS SANTOS
JMR, Portugal
Michael KOK
The Dairy Farm Group, Hong Kong
TAN Kian Chew
NTUC Fairprice Co-operative Ltd, Singapore
Michael LUSCOMBE,
Woolworths, Ltd, Australia
 

 

Governance Committee
The Governance Committee reflects and makes recommendations around the structure, the governance and the role of the Board and of CIES management. The Governance Committee is composed of members of the Board.
Chairman: Kenneth BENGTSSON
ICA AB, Sweden
Claude HAUSER
Federation of Migros Cooperatives, Switzerland

Senator Feargal QUINN
Superquinn, Ireland
Strategy Steering Committee
The Strategy Steering Committee reflects and makes recommendations to the Board on the strategic direction of CIES in the medium to long term. The Committee is composed of an equal number of Board members (representing the retail sector) and CEOs from CIES manufacturer member companies.

Chairman: Pierre-Olivier BECKERS
Delhaize Group, Belgium

Gareth ACKERMAN
Pick'n Pay Holdings, South Africa

Arturo BASTIANELLO
Gruppo Pam S.p.A., Italy

Mike DUKE
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., USA

Claude HAUSER
Federation of Migros Cooperatives, Switzerland

Motoya OKADA
Æon Co., Ltd, Japan

Gonzalo RESTREPO
Almacenes Exito S.A., Colombia

Franck RIBOUD
Danone Group, France

Finance Committee

The Finance Committee prepares financial reports, prepares the budget and closes the annual accounts.

Chairman: Arturo BASTIANELLO
Gruppo Pam S.p.A., Italy

Francisco SOARES DOS SANTOS
JMR, Portugal

Advisory Council

The Adivsory committee is composed of former Directors whose outstanding contribution to and active participation in the Board of Directors has been recognised.

Raymond ACKERMAN, South Africa

Roland FAHLIN, Sweden