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| Interbrew
became a public company in 2000. Its shares are
listed on EURONEXT Brussels since December 1,
2000. The Board of Directors is comprised of independent
directors and representatives of the controlling
shareholders.
The Board of Directors
is responsible for the policy, the strategy and
the control of the operations of the company.
Three formal committees assist
the Board:
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The Human Resources and
Nominating Committee, which is responsible
to make proposals to the Board of Directors
regarding human resources issues. |
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The Audit Committee,
which is responsible for the control of the
annual accounts. The Audit Committee meets
at least five times per year. Members of management
and the statutory auditor are invited from
time to time. |
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The Strategic Committee,
which is responsible for advising the Board
on group strategy and on major acquisitions
and divestments. |
The non-executive directors
and Executive Vice Presidents sit on these committees.
The Board of Directors appoints
the Chief Executive Officer,
who is responsible for day-to-day management and
for making recommendations to the Board of Directors
on matters where the Board is required to consider
the Chief Executive Officer’s advice. Interbrew’s
current Chief Executive Officer is former Labatt
President & CEO, Hugo Powell.
The Board of Directors established
an Executive Management Committee
with responsibility for, among other things, deciding
upon major short-term financial transactions and
short-term funds management, capital contributions
and other similar transactions not reserved to
the Board, carrying out Board decisions, and making
all executive appointments other than the Chief
Executive Officer and the Executive Vice-Presidents.
The Executive Management Committee
consists of the following members:
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Chief Executive Officer—
Hugo Powell |
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Human Resources—
Chris Verougstraete |
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Finance— Luc Missorten
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Legal & Corporate Affairs—
Patrice J. Thys |
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Strategy and Business Development—
Stéfan Descheemaeker |
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Planning & Controlling—
Jo Van Biesbroeck |
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Marketing— Paul N.
Cooke |
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Chief Technical Officer—
Larry J. Macauley |
In addition, there are five
operational zones:
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North
America— Fred Jaques, Executive Vice
President |
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Continental
Western Europe— Ignace Van Doorselaere,
Executive Vice President |
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United
Kingdom— Jerry Fowden, Executive Vice
President |
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Central
Europe— Jaak De Witte, Executive Vice
President |
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RUKA
(Russia-Ukraine-Asia)— André
Weckx, Executive Vice President |
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