2007 Simplicity Event Hong Kong biographies

Thursday, March 15, 2007

        

       

        

             

                   

           

Andrea Ragnetti is Chief Marketing Officer of Royal Philips Electronics, Chief Executive Officer of Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal Care and a member of the Board of Management. Mr Ragnetti began his career in marketing at Procter & Gamble in 1987. In 1993, he joined Reckitt Benckiser, becoming marketing Vice-President until 1997. In the same year, he founded the Post Graduate School, Perugia, a training and consultancy firm. He joined Telecom Italia in 1998 as Executive Vice-President of marketing for its Mobile and Consumer divisions before coming to Philips.

Rudy Provoost is Chief Executive Officer of Philips Consumer Electronics (CE) and a member of the Board of Management.  After holding various positions at Procter & Gamble, Canon and Whirlpool, Mr Provoost joined Philips in 2000, when he was appointed Executive Vice-President of CE in Europe. Before becoming CEO of Philips CE in 2004, he was CEO of Global Sales and Services for CE and Senior Vice-President.

Stefano Marzano is CEO and Chief Creative Director of Philips Design. Mr Marzano began his career working on a wide range of assignments for several design firms. In 1978 he joined Philips Design in The Netherlands, as Design Leader for Data Systems and Telecommunication products. He returned to Italy in 1982 to direct the Philips-Ire Design Centre (Major Domestic Appliances), becoming Vice President of Corporate Industrial Design for Whirlpool International (a joint venture of Whirlpool and Philips) in 1989. In 1991 he took up his present post in The Netherlands.

Geert van Kuyck is Senior Vice President of Global Marketing Management (GMM) and Chief Marketing Officer of Philips Medical Systems. Mr van Kuyck began his career with Procter & Gamble, holding various marketing positions in Europe and the USA, with a combination of local, regional and global. He then joined Starbucks as Vice President of Marketing for EMEA before joining Philips in 2005.

For more information, please contact:

Anna Quarrell

Philips Corporate Communications
Tel:  +31 20 59 77279   
Email:  anna.quarrell@philips.com

Sajin Varghese

Philips Asia Pacific Corporate Communications
Tel:  +852 2821 5463   
Email:  sajin.varghese@philips.com

About Royal Philips Electronics

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is a global leader in healthcare, lifestyle and technology, delivering products, services and solutions through the brand promise of “sense and simplicity”. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips employs approximately 124,300 employees in more than 60 countries worldwide. With sales of EUR 27 billion in 2006, the company is a market leader in medical diagnostic imaging and patient monitoring systems, energy efficient lighting solutions, personal care and home appliances, as well as consumer electronics. News from Philips is located at www.philips.com/newscenter.