Simplicity Event Biographies

Andrea Ragnetti

Ragnetti

Andrea Ragnetti is Chief Marketing Officer of Royal Philips Electronics, Chief Executive Officer of Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal Care and a member of the Board of Management. As of January 1st 2008 he will become CEO of the Consumer Lifestyle sector. Mr. Ragnetti began his career in marketing at Procter & Gamble in 1987. In 1993, he joined Reckitt Benckiser, becoming marketing Vice-President until 1997. In the same year, he founded the Post Graduate School, Perugia, a training and consultancy firm. He joined Telecom Italia in 1998 as Executive Vice-President of marketing for its Mobile and Consumer divisions before coming to Philips.

Steve Rusckowski

Rusckowski

Steve Rusckowski  is Executive Vice-President and Chief Executive Officer of Philips Medical Systems and a member of the Board of Management. He will become CEO of Philips Healthcare on January 1st, 2008. Before joining Philips, Mr. Rusckowski held numerous management positions with the healthcare division of Hewlett-Packard/Agilent Technologies. He was the General Manager of Agilent’s Healthcare Solutions Group when Philips acquired this business in 2001. Mr. Rusckowski was previously the CEO of the Imaging Systems business group of Philips Medical Systems. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer Philips Medical Systems and member of the Group Management Committee on November 1, 2006. On April 1, 2007 he became a member of the Board of Management.

Rudy Provoost

Provoost

Rudy Provoost is Chief Executive Officer of Philips Consumer Electronics (CE) and a member of the Board of Management. On January 1st 2008 he will move to the Philips Lighting sector, transitioning to take over as CEO from Theo van Deursen, who will retire on April 1st. After holding various positions at Procter & Gamble, Canon and Whirlpool, Mr. Provoost joined Philips in 2000, when he was appointed Executive Vice-President of CE in Europe. Before becoming CEO of Philips CE in 2004, he was Chief Executive Officer of Global Sales and Services for CE and Senior Vice-President.

Stefano Marzano

Marzano

Stefano Marzano is CEO and Chief Creative Director of Philips Design. Mr. Marzano began his career working on a wide range of assignments for several design firms. In 1978 he joined Philips Design in The Netherlands, as Design Leader for Data Systems and Telecommunication products. He returned to Italy in 1982 to direct the Philips-Ire Design Centre (Major Domestic Appliances), becoming Vice President of Corporate Industrial Design for Whirlpool International in 1989. In 1991 he took up his present post with Philips in The Netherlands.

Geert van Kuyck

van Kuyck

Geert van Kuyck is Senior Vice President of Global Marketing Management (GMM). Mr. van Kuyck began his career with Procter & Gamble, holding various marketing positions in Europe and the USA, with a combination of local, regional and global responsibilities. He then joined Starbucks as Vice-President of Marketing for EMEA before joining Philips in 2005.

For further information, please contact:

Gert van Doorn

Philips Corporate Communications
Tel:  +31 20 59 77208   
Email:  gert.van.doorn@philips.com

About Royal Philips Electronics

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is a global leader in healthcare, lighting and consumer lifestyle, delivering products, services and solutions through the brand promise of "sense and simplicity". Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips employs approximately 128,100 employees in more than 60 countries worldwide. With sales of EUR 27 billion in 2006, the company is a market leader in medical diagnostic imaging and patient monitoring systems, energy efficient lighting solutions, personal care and home appliances, as well as consumer electronics. News from Philips is located at www.philips.com/newscenter.