Zaandam, The Netherlands, July 3, 2003 - The Ahold Corporate Executive Board today announced it has appointed Joost Sliepenbeek as Senior Vice President Controller, effective July 7, 2003. Sliepenbeek (39) is currently Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Albert Heijn. He joined Ahold in January 1994 as Director Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions and was appointed Controller at Ahold Institutional Food Supply - now Deli XL - in September 1996 before being named Executive Vice President and CFO at Albert Heijn on May 1, 1999.
Succeeding Sliepenbeek as Albert Heijn CFO is Chris Dik (36), currently Logistics Director. Dik's appointment is also effective July 7, 2003. He in turn is succeeded by Johan Boeijenga (40), who until recently was Country Manager of Ahold's Indonesian operation.
