Anthony Ruys
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Anthony Ruys (born July 20, 1947) is a former Chairman of the Executive Board of Heineken N.V. Ruys studied commercial law at the University of Utrecht. He started his career for Unilever where he worked as marketing director and chairman for various subsidiaries of Unilever in the Netherlands, Colombia and Italy.
In September 1993, Mr. Ruys continued his career at the Heineken Group, where he became Executive Board Member, responsible a.o. for marketing. In September 1996 he was appointed Vice Chairman of the Executive Board.
[edit] Directorships and Advisory Roles
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Gtech Holdings Corporation, US
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Sara Lee / DE International B.V.
- Member of the Supervisory Board of British-American Tobaccos
- Member of the Supervisory Board of AbnAmro
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Schiphol
- Co-Chairman of ECR Europe
- Member of the Board of Advisors of AIESEC Netherlands
- Member of the Board of Directors of SIFE Netherlands
- Member of the Supervisory Board of National Fund for the Preservation of Art Treasures
- Member of the Board of Netherlands Society for International Affairs
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Veerstichting
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Foundation The Rijksmuseum
- Member of the European Advisory Board of Harvard Business School
