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Mr. Brons has been a director of the Company since April 2005. A member of the Akzo Nobel Board of Management from 1994-2002, he led all of the company's pharmaceutical business units, including human and veterinary pharmaceuticals, OTCs, generics, diagnostics and pharmaceutical active ingredients. Since retiring from the Akzo Nobel Board of Management in 2002, Mr. Brons has served on the Supervisory Boards for Akzo Nobel Netherlands and IBM Netherlands, as well as the Advisory Board for Barcelona-based Almirall Prodesfarma. He was honored in 1996 by Her Majesty the Queen with the decoration of Knight of the Order of Lion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the country's highest civilian order, conferred for his meritorious achievements for Akzo Nobel and other international activities. | 