Jan Lobbezoo is chairman of the Salland board of directors to which he brings a wealth of international and financial experience in the semiconductor industry. Prior to his retirement in 2007, he served in various executive roles within the Phillips Group most recently as Executive Vice-President to the Philips Board of Management with the responsibility of supervision of a number of strategic joint-ventures. Before that, he was Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Philips Semiconductors, now known as NXP Semiconductors. For over 12 years he served on the board of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's largest semiconductor foundry organization. Currently, Mr. Lobbezoo is a supervisory member on the boards of three publically listed companies. Furthermore, Mr. Lobbezoo serves as a member of the supervisory board of several privately owned, start-up companies, active in the high technology.
Erwin Giesbers is founder and CEO of Compello (www.compello.nl), a Dutch IT company that was founded in 1997 for which he was awarded the entrepreneur of the year award in 2008. Compello provides professional IT infrastructure characterized by high quality and reliability, flexibility and cost effectiveness. The company is a knowledge partner with Microsoft, Citrix and VMware. Mr. Giesbers is also one of the visionaries behind the development of sustainable data centers solutions to create world-class data centers in The Netherlands that will provide robust cloud computing services with a focus on being environmentally responsible. In addition to his active management of Compello, Mr. Giesbers is a passionate advocate of programs that will expand the Netherlands' economic strength both locally and throughout the world while maintaining the highest standards of social and environmental responsibility.