H. F. van Walsem

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Person.png H. F. van WalsemRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(businessman)
H. F. van Walsem.png
Born1888
Died1968 (Age 79)
NationalityDutch
Alma materUniversity of Leiden
ParentsJohan Martin van Walsem
ChildrenFrans van Walsem
Chairman of the Board of Philips Industries Eindhoven.

Employment.png Managing Director

In office
1923 - 1968
EmployerPhilips
Succeeded byAlberto Ronchey
Also other positions, started as personal secretary, later Chairman of the Board. Attended Bilderberg/1954 and Bilderberg/1956.

Herman François van Walsem was a Chairman of the Board of Philips Industries Eindhoven.[1][2] He attended the 1954 and 1956 Bilderberg conferences.

World War 2

When war again broke out, Philips interests were everywhere. As the Nazis swept into Holland, Philips Chairman Anton Frederick Philips, 71, and Managing Directors P. F. S. Otten, Dr. H. F. Van Walsem, and O. M. E. Loupart escaped from the Hook of Holland in a British destroyer. They had already set up trusts in Britain and the U.S., to keep control of properties the Nazis might miss. But their greatest assets were carried under their hats. They moved on to the Dutch Antilles island of Curaçao, in the Netherlands West Indies, set up headquarters there.[3]


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/195429 May 195431 May 1954Netherlands
Hotel Bilderberg
Oosterbeek
The first Bilderberg meeting, attended by 68 men from Europe and the US, including 20 businessmen, 25 politicians, 5 financiers & 4 academics.
Bilderberg/195611 May 195613 May 1956Denmark
Fredensborg
The 4th Bilderberg meeting, with 147 guests, in contrast to the generally smaller meetings of the 1950s. Has two Bilderberg meetings in the years before and after
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