Maarten van den Bergh

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Maarten Albert van den Bergh (born 19 April 1942 in New York City) is a Dutch businessman.

Van den Bergh is the son of Maria Meijers (1905–1957) and Sidney James van den Bergh, long-term chairman of Unilever and Dutch Minister of Defense in 1959. his grandfather Samuel van den Bergh was one of the founders of Unilever. Van den Bergh spent 32 years at Royal Dutch Shell, where he rose to president, and to vice-president of the committee of managing directors. In 2001, he left Shell to become chairman of Lloyds TSB, a financial services company based in the United Kingdom. [1]

Board memberships: [2]

In 2005, The Times named him the most powerful businessman in Great Britain. [3]

Notes

  1. Jill Treanor for The Guardian. 7 September 2002 Maarten van den Bergh
  2. Bloomberg profile Page accessed March 21, 2015
  3. Quiet Dutchman heads network of corporate talent (The Times)


Business positions
Preceded by President-Director of Royal Dutch Petroleum Company
1998–2000
Succeeded by

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