Board of Directors   From left to right: Jan-Michiel Hessels, Ronald Sandler, Richard Delbridge, Jean-Paul Votron, Reiner Hagemann, Maurice Lippens, Klaas Westdijk, Jan Slechte, AloÏs Michielsen, Jacques Manardo, Philippe Bodson, Clara Furse, Piet Van Waeyenberge and Rana Talwar.
Count Maurice Lippens (1943 – Belgian – Independent) Chairman of the Board of Directors and of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee (First appointed 1981. Term runs until 2008.) Positions held with other listed companies: Director of Total, Director of GBL (Groupe Bruxelles Lambert), Director of Belgacom Other positions held: Chairman of Compagnie Het Zoute, Director of Iscal Sugar, Director of Finasucre, Director of Groupe Sucrier, Member of the Trilateral Commission, Member of Insead Belgium Council, Chairman of Belgian Governance Institute, Chairman of Corporate Governance Committee (Belgium)   Jan Slechte (1937 – Dutch – Independent) Vice-chairman of the Board of Directors and Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee (First appointed 1996. Term runs until 2007.) Positions held with other listed companies: None Other positions held: Director of Stichting Continuïteit Fortis
     
Jean-Paul Votron (1950 – Belgian – Executive) CEO, Member of the Board of Directors (First appointed 2004. Term runs until 2008.) Positions held with other listed companies: None Other positions held: Member of the Manage­ment Committee of the Federation of Enter­­prises in Belgium; Board Member of ICHEC (Institut Catholique des Hautes Études Commerciales)   Baron Philippe Bodson (1944 – Belgian – Independent) Member of the Board of Directors and of the Audit Committee (First appointed 2004. Term runs until 2007.) Positions held with other listed companies: Chairman of the Board of Directors of Exmar Other positions held: Director of Ashmore Energy (USA), Director of CIB, Chairman of Floridienne, Member of CSFB Advisory Board Europe, Director of Hermes Asset Manage­ment Europe Ltd., Director of Cobepa/Cobehold
     
Richard Delbridge (1942 – British – Independent) Member of the Board of Directors and of the Audit Committee (First appointed 2004. Term runs until 2009.) Positions held with other listed companies: Non-executive Director of Tate & Lyle PLC, Non-executive Director of Gallaher Group PLC Other positions held: Non-executive Director of JP Morgan Cazenove Holdings, Council Member and Treasurer of The Open University, Trustee of The Wordsworth Trust   Clara Furse (1957 – British and Canadian – Independent) Member of the Board of Directors and of the Risk and Capital Committee (First appointed 2006. Term runs until 2009.) Positions held with other listed companies: Chief Executive and Director of the London Stock Exchange PLC Other positions held: Director of Euro­clear PLC, Director of LCH.Clearnet Group Ltd., Member of the Advisory Council of the Prince’s Trust, Member of the CBI President’s Committee and Member of the Court of the Guild of International Bankers
     
Reiner Hagemann (1947 – German – Independent) Member of the Board of Directors and of the Audit Committee (First appointed 2006. Term runs until 2009.) Positions held with other listed companies: Member of the Supervisory Board of Bayer Schering Pharmaceutical AG, Member of the Supervisory Board of Wüstenrot & Württembergische AG Other positions held: Member of the Supervisory Board of E.ON Energie AG, Member of the Supervisory Board of Hochtief Facility Management GmbH, Chairman of the Advisory Board of Cerberus Germany, Member of the Advisory Board of AON Jauch & Hübener, Member of the Advisory Board of Steag GmbH   Jan-Michiel Hessels (1942 – Dutch – Independent) Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Risk and Capital Committee (First appointed 2001. Term runs until 2007.) Positions held with other listed companies: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Euronext N.V., Member of the Supervisory Board of Royal Philips Electronics N.V., Member of the Supervisory Board of Heineken N.V. Other positions held: Member of the Super­visory Board of Schiphol Group N.V. (until June 2006), Member of the International Advisory Board of Morgan Stanley (until March 2006), Member of the International Advisory Board of Blackstone Group, Chairman of the Super­visory Board of SC Johnson Europlant N.V.
     
Jacques Manardo (1946 – French – Independent) Member of the Board of Directors, of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and of the Risk and Capital Committee (until 31 May 2006) (First appointed 2004. Term runs until 2008.) Positions held with other listed companies: None Other positions held: Director of MCG PLC parent of Ineum Consulting (ex-Deloitte consulting), Director of BLB, Director of French Institute Alliance Française – New York (Member of Finance Committee), Member of Le Siècle (Paris)   Aloïs Michielsen (1942 – Belgian – Independent) Member of the Board of Directors and of the Risk and Capital Committee (First appointed 2006. Term runs until 2009.) Positions held with other listed companies: Chairman of the Board of Directors of Solvay, Board Member of family business Miko N.V. Other positions held: None
     
Ronald Sandler (1952 – German – Independent) Member of the Board of Directors and of the Audit Committee (First appointed 2004. Term runs until 2007.) Positions held with other listed companies: Executive Chairman of Computacenter PLC Other positions held: Chairman of Kyte Group, Chairman of Oxygen Group PLC, Advisor Palamon Capital Partners, Chairman of Paternoster Ltd.   Rana Talwar (1948 – Indian – Independent) Member of the Board of Directors, of the Risk and Capital Committee (until 31 May 2006) and of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee (from 1 June 2006) (First appointed 2004. Term runs until 2008.) Positions held with other listed companies: Non-executive Director of Schlumberger Ltd., Non-executive Director of Pearson PLC Other positions held: Chairman of Sabre Capital Worldwide, Chairman of Centurion Bank Ltd., Director of the Indian School of Business
     
Baron Piet Van Waeyenberge (1938 – Belgian – Independent) Member of the Board of Directors and of the Risk and Capital Committee (First appointed 1988. Term runs until 2007.) Positions held with other listed companies: Board Member of Electrabel NV Other positions held: Chairman of De Eik N.V., Chairman of Omroepgebouw Flagey N.V., Vice-chairman of Indufin N.V., Board Member of Suez Energy Services S.A., Director of Stichting Continuïteit Fortis   Klaas Westdijk (1941 – Dutch – Independent) Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee (First appointed 1996. Term runs until 2009.) Positions held with other listed companies: Vice-chairman of the Supervisory Board of VastNed Retail N.V. Other positions held: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ENECO Energie N.V., Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Connexxion Holding N.V., Member of the Supervisory Board of FD Media Groep B.V.
     
    Fortis Company Secretary Ingrid Loos
 
Attendance at directors’ meetings
Maurice Lippens A: 8/8 B: 4/5   Jan-Michiel Hessels A: 8/8 D: 4/4   A: Board of Directors
Jan Slechte A: 8/8 B: 5/5   Daniel Janssen (2) A: 4/4 B: 1/2   B: Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Jean-Paul Votron A: 8/8     Jacques Manardo A: 7/8 B: 5/5 D: 3/3 C: Audit Committee
Philippe Bodson A: 8/8 C: 5/5   Aloïs Michielsen (1) A: 4/4 D: 1/1   D: Risk and Capital Committee
Richard Delbridge A: 8/8 C: 5/5   Ronald Sandler A: 8/8 C: 5/5      
Clara Furse (1) A: 3/4 D: 1/1   Rana Talwar A: 6/8 B: 3/3 D: 0/3    
Reiner Hagemann (1) A: 4/4 C: 2/2   Piet Van Waeyenberge A: 7/8 D: 4/4      
        Klaas Westdijk A: 8/8 C: 5/5      
1 Member of the Board since 1 June 2006. 2 Member of the Board until 31 May 2006.
 
Stichting Continuïteit Fortis
René Mannekens (1940) Co-chairman; first appointed 1999. Other positions held: Chairman of the Board of 3 W Direct Management Solutions ICT
Mick den Boogert (1943) Co-chairman; first appointed 2004. Other positions held: Lawyer, Professor of Securities Law, University of Groningen
Herman Santens (1934) Member (until 30 September 2006); first appointed 1999. Other positions held: None
Paul Buysse (1945) Member (from 1 October 2006). Other positions held: Chairman of the Board of Directors of NV Bekaert SA – Bekaert Group
Dick Bouma (1944) Member; first appointed 2004. Other positions held: Lawyer
Piet Van Waeyenberge (1938) Member; first appointed 2004. Other positions held: Non-executive Director of Fortis
Jan Slechte (1937) Member; first appointed 1999. Other positions held: Non-executive Director of Fortis