Hijmans van den Bergh, Lodewijk

Executive Vice President & Chief Corporate Governance Counsel, Ahold

Lodewijk Hijmans van den Bergh (September 16, 1963) is a Dutch national. Ahold’s shareholders appointed him to the Corporate Executive Board on April 13, 2010. Lodewijk joined the company on December 1, 2009, when he assumed his responsibilities as acting member of the Corporate Executive Board and Chief Corporate Governance Counsel. 

Prior to joining Ahold, Lodewijk was a partner and member of the managing committee of Amsterdam-based law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, where he was head of the corporate practice group. He was the resident partner of De Brauw’s London office from 1994 to 1998. 

Lodewijk is the deputy chairman of the board of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

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