Name: Cornelis Josephus Antonius van Lede
Date of birth: 21 November 1942, Wassenaar, the Netherlands
Nationality: Dutch
Family status: Married, three children

Educational background
1966 Law (M.A.), University of Leiden
1967 MBA at INSEAD Institute of Business Administration,
Fontainebleau (France)

Professional background
1967 - 1969 Shell International Petroleum Company:
Marketing, seconded to NAM Gasexport.

1969 - 1976 McKinsey & Company Management Consultants:
The Netherlands, United States of America, Belgium, France and Brazil.

1977 - 1982 President and CEO of Koninklijke Nederhorst Bouw B.V. (construction). In 1980 Nederhorst was integrated in Hollandse Beton Groep (HBG), quoted on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange

1982 - 1984 Member of the Board of HBG

1984 - 1991 Chairman of the Federation of Netherlands Industries (VNO)

1991 - 1994 Vice-President Union of Industrial and Employer's Confederations of Europe (UNICE)

1991 Member of the Board of Management of Akzo N.V.

1992 Deputy Chairman Board of Management of Akzo N.V.

1994 Chairman Board of Management Akzo Nobel N.V.

Various non-executive functions, including
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Dutch Central Bank,
- Non-executive Board member of Scania AB (Sweden)
- Non-executive Board member Sara Lee/DE (the Netherlands)
- Non-executive Board member Heineken (the Netherlands)
- Member Board of Directors INSEAD (France).
- Member European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT), Brussels (Belgium)
- Member Trilateral Commission, Paris (France)
- Member Board of Trustees The Conference Board, New York (USA)
- Member International Council JPMorgan Chase, New York (USA)