Kees van Lede

Kees van Lede    (businessman)
Born	21 November 1942 Wassenaar, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Alma mater	University of Leiden, INSEAD
Member of	JP Morgan Chase/International Council, LSV Minerva, Netherlands/Deep state

Cornelis Josephus Antonius "Kees" van Lede

Background

Van Lede studied law at the University of Leiden. He was a member of the LSV Minerva corps and graduated in 1966. He then studied MBA at INSEAD.

Career

Van Lede began his career in 1967 at Royal Dutch Shell. He worked in the marketing department. After two years he presided over it and started as a management consultant at McKinsey, where he reportedly continued working until 1976. He then became president-director at a construction group, followed by a place on the board of the Hollandse Beton Groep. At the same time he became chairman of employers' organisation VNO, a job he kept until 1991.

In 1991 he joined the board of AkzoNobel. Three years later, he became chairman of the board, until 2003 when he was succeeded by Hans Wijers.

After quitting AkzoNobel in 2003 as chairman of the board, he became commissioner of a large number of listed companies such as Heineken, Air France, KLM and Sara Lee. By collecting a large number of positions, he was named the most powerful man in Dutch business in 2006 by the magazine FEM Business.

 

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1989	12 May 1989	14 May 1989	Spain La Toja Island Galicia	37th Bilderberg meeting, 110 guests

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