Gerard Kleisterlee

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Gerard Kleisterlee
München, Germany
NationalityDutch
EducationEindhoven University of Technology
University of Pennsylvania
Known forformer CEO, Philips
Children3

Gerard Johannes Kleisterlee (born 28 September 1946) is a Dutch businessman and engineer. He is the chairman of Vodafone, and of the supervisory board of ASML and the former president and CEO of Philips.

Early life

Born in Germany in 1946 to Dutch and German parents, he was raised in the Netherlands.

Wharton Business School in 1991.[3] He attended the program for executive development at the Swiss business school International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne.[citation needed
]

Career

Trained as an

electronics engineer, like his father, he worked at Philips for almost all of his life. From 1981 to 1986 he was general manager of Philips' Professional Audio Product Group. Kleisterlee joined Philips Components in 1986. After becoming general manager of Philips Display Components for Europe. He was appointed Managing Director of Philips Display Components Worldwide in 1994. He became president of Philips Taiwan and Regional Manager for Philips Components in Asia-Pacific in 1996. From September 1997 through June 1998 he was also responsible for all the activities of the Philips Group in China. He served on the Hong Kong Chief Executive's Council of International Advisers from 1998 to 2005.[4]

He was determined not only to transform Philips' image with consumers but also turn it into a high-growth, high-tech company, something that more than 10 years of restructuring, under two predecessors, failed to do. As

CEO he:[5]

He was succeeded by

Fortune.[7]

Personal life

He is married, with three children.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Gerard Kleisterlee profile". Munzinger (in German).
  2. ^ a b Teather, David (1 April 2010). "Hard-wired: Kleisterlee is reinventing the inventive Dutch firm Philips". the Guardian. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. ^ Wharton Alumni Magazine: 125 Influential People and Ideas: Gerard Kleisterlee Archived 2008-01-04 at the Wayback Machine, wharton.upenn.edu; accessed 10 March 2017.
  4. ^ Speech by the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, info.gov.hk; accessed 10 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Can Philips Learn to Walk the Talk?". Archived from the original on 2012-07-27. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Vodafone appoints Gerard Kleisterlee as new chairman". BBC News. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  7. ^ "Europe Businessman of the Year: Kleisterlee, Philips CEO" Archived 2008-12-06 at the Wayback Machine, cnn.com; accessed 10 March 2017.

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