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Pierre-Olivier Beckers
Pierre-Olivier Beckers (1960) has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Delhaize Group since January 1, 1999. Mr. Beckers earned a Master’s degree in applied economics at I.A.G., Louvain-La-Neuve and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He began working in the food retail industry in 1982 as a store manager for a bakery chain in Belgium. Mr. Beckers joined Delhaize Group in 1983, to work initially for three years in the U.S. operations of Delhaize Group as a store manager. After his return to Belgium, he broadened his retail experience as a buyer, director of purchasing, member of the Executive Committee and Executive Vice President in charge of international activities. In January 2000, Mr. Beckers was named Manager of the Year by the leading Belgian business magazine Trends/Tendances. He is on the Board of Directors of the Food Marketing Institute and of CIES – The Food Business Forum (an international food business network serving as interface between more than 400 retailers and suppliers from 50 countries). In 2002-2004, he served as Chairman of CIES. In December 2004, he was elected to a four-year term as President of the BOIC (Belgian Olympic Committee). Mr. Beckers is also Board member of Guberna and The Corporate Governance Committee.


Rick Anicetti
Rick Anicetti (1957) is Executive Vice President of Delhaize Group and Chief Executive Officer of Food Lion since August 2002. Mr. Anicetti began his food industry career at sister banner Hannaford Bros. Co. in 1980. After completing the company's retail management training program, he held a progression of roles of increasing responsibility and was ultimately named head of the southeastern operations of Hannaford. Mr. Anicetti joined Food Lion in August 2000 as Chief Operating Officer and was promoted to President in September 2001. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina, the North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry and is Past President of the North Carolina Food Dealers Association. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the Carolinas Food Industry Council. He earned his Master's degree in Political Science from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.

Renaud Cogels
Renaud Cogels (1949) is an Executive Vice President of Delhaize Group, Head of Global Sourcing and Chief Executive Officer Southeastern Europe. Mr. Cogels was from 1991 till 2001 General Manager of Delhaize Belgium and Chief Executive Officer of Delhaize Europe from 2001 till 2005. After starting his career in the banking industry, Mr. Cogels joined Delhaize Group in 1977. Mr. Cogels became successively buyer and buying director of perishable products. He also became successively responsible for marketing, non-food buying, logistics and information technology. From 1987, Mr. Cogels worked on the founding of the European buying group SED. In 1988, Mr. Cogels was appointed as a member of the Executive Committee of Delhaize Group. Mr. Cogels received a Master's degree in economics at the University of Louvain. 

Michel Eeckhout
Michel Eeckhout (1949) is Executive Vice President of Delhaize Group and Chief Executive Officer of Delhaize Belgium. He joined Delhaize Group in 1978, as IT project leader and IT manager. In addition, he became Group coordinator for the IT-activities in Europe and Asia in 1992 and member of the Executive Committee of Delhaize Belgium in 1995. He was appointed Delhaize Group Vice President of Information Technology Processes and Systems in 2001 and was Chief Information Officer from 2002 to 2007. He became a member of the Executive Committee of Delhaize Group in September 2005. He is Board member of Fedis (Fédération belge de la Distribution). Michel Eeckhout earned a Master's degree in economics (at UFSIA, Antwerp) and in European economics (at Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels), and an Executive Master in General Management, from the Solvay Business School, Brussels. 

Ronald C. Hodge
Ronald C. Hodge (1948) is Executive Vice President of Delhaize Group and Chief Executive Officer of Hannaford. He joined Hannaford in 1980 and has served in various executive roles, including Vice President and General Manager of Hannaford's New York Division, Senior Vice President of Retail Operations, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. He has been named President of Hannaford Bros. Co. in December 2000 and Chief Executive Officer in 2001. While leading the start-up of Hannaford's entry into upstate New York, Mr. Hodge was elected Chairman of the New York State Food Merchant's Association, and served on several Community Agency Boards' of Directors. He chaired the Northeastern New York United Way Campaign in 1995 and was selected as the New York Capital Region's Citizen of the Year in 1996.

Nicolas Hollanders
Nicolas Hollanders (1962) is Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Organizational Development since 2007. After obtaining Master’s degrees in Law and Notary Law and a Post Graduate degree in Economics, he started his career as a lawyer. In 1989, he joined Delvaux, a Brussels-based manufacturer and distributor of luxury leather goods and accessories, first as General Manager, and from 1993 as Managing Director. In 1995, Mr. Hollanders joined the executive search firm Egon Zehnder International, where he served successively as consultant, principal and partner. He is Global Head of its Worldwide Life Sciences Practice Group. Mr. Hollanders is Chairman of the Jury “Hors pistes” of the King Baudouin Foundation and founding member and Chairman of Child Planet, a foundation aimed at improving living conditions in children hospitals.  
 

Craig Owens
Craig Owens (1954) has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Delhaize Group since 2001. In addition to finance, his responsibilities include strategic planning and information technology. Before joining Delhaize Group, Mr. Owens worked 19 years with The Coca-Cola Company and various bottlers of Coca-Cola in different financial and general management positions. Mr. Owens holds a Bachelor’s degree in Politics from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, and Master's degrees from the Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Mr. Owens serves on the Board of Trustees of Waynflete School in Portland, Maine and on Tufts University’s Fletcher School Board of Overseers and its International Management Advisory Group. 

Michael Waller
Michael Waller (1953) is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and General Secretary of Delhaize Group, as well as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Delhaize America. Mr. Waller has been Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Delhaize America since July 2000. Previously, Mr. Waller was a partner in the international law firm Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. In the years prior to joining Delhaize America, Mr. Waller served as Managing Partner of Akin Gump's Moscow and London offices, and maintained an international corporate practice. Mr. Waller earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Auburn University and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Houston, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Houston Law Review. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Waller served as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Robert O'Conor, Jr. in the Southern District of Texas.  

 
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