Reed Elsevier has announced the appointment of Ben van der Veer RA as a non-executive director of Reed Elsevier PLC and of Reed Elsevier Group plc with effect from September 3, 2009, and as a member of the supervisory board of Reed Elsevier NV, subject to approval by Reed Elsevier NV’s shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting to be held on September 3, 2009. He will be appointed to the audit committees, effective the same date.
Ben van der Veer held the position of chairman of the executive board of KPMG in the Netherlands from 1999 – 2008 and was a member of the KPMG International board and management committee. He is a member of the supervisory boards of AEGON NV, TomTom NV and Siemens Nederland NV.
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