Gerard J. Ruizendaal

Gerard J. Ruizendaal

  

Member of the GMC since February 2007, Head of Control since October 2001 and Chief Strategy Officer since May 2005

Corporate responsibilities: Strategy and Control

 

Gerard Ruizendaal joined Philips in 1984 as manager of Accounting Policies & Directives in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. From 1986-1990 he held various positions as controller. Between 1991-1995 Gerard Ruizendaal acted as CFO for Philips Lighting Europe and as CFO for Philips Lighting Asia, based in Hong Kong and Singapore, until 1998. He was CFO for Philips Consumer Communications in Paris until 2001. He was appointed Group Controller in 2001 and in addition head of Group Strategy in 2005. He holds masters degrees in both Economics and Business Law from the Erasmus University Rotterdam, as well as a degree in Auditing from the University of Tilburg and is a CPA under Dutch law.