Marcel H. M. Smits

The Hillshire Brands Co. provides meat-centric food solutions for the retail and foodservice markets. The company was founded by Nathan Cummings in 1939 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Cargill, Inc. engages in the provision of food, agricultural, financial, and industrial products and services. It specializes in food service, agriculture, meat and poultry, transportation, pharmaceutical ingredients, and beauty products. The company was founded by William Wallace Cargill in 1865 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Koninklijke Vendex KBB NV is one of the leading non-food retailer in the Netherlands, and is expanding abroad with various shop formats. The company is active in seven countries: the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Germany, France and Spain. Vendex KBB incorporates fifteen shop formats, with a total of almost 1,800 stores. The group was formed from Magazijn de Bijenkorf, which was founded in 1870, and Vroom & Dreesmann, which was founded in 1887. Over the years, both of these Amsterdam-based companies developed into leading players in the Dutch retail sector.

Delta Lloyd NV engages in the provision of life and non-life insurance. It operates through the following segments: Life, General, Bank, Asset Management, and Other. The Life segment provides savings and pension through life insurance. The General segment provides non-life insurance such as property, vehicle, and professional indemnity liability. The Bank segment offers mortgage and retail banking services. The Asset Management deals with investment funds, institutional pension funds, and retail investments. The Other segment includes health care insurance. The company was founded in 1807 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH & Co. KG provides telecommunications services in Germany, trailing T-Mobile and Vodafone. It provides mobile voice and data services, including phone, e-mail, multimedia, prepaid calling cards, and internet access to its customers. The company has launched Simyo, a new mobile service. E-Plus, which targets private consumers and business customers, also offers advertising on its network. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered at Potsdam, Germany.

Unilever UK Ltd. manufactures, markets and distributes packaged consumer goods. The firm offers products in the areas of foods, home care and personal care. The company is headquartered in Leatherhead, the United Kingdom.

Maxeda BV provides non-food retail services in Europe. The firm operates around 1600 department stores, and variety and specialty stores under Brico, de Bijenkorf, Claudia Strater, Dixons, Dynabyte, Formido, HEMA, Hunkemoller, and Praxis names. The company was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.