Koninklijke Ahold N.V. is a public company under Dutch law with a two-tier board structure. Ahold is managed by a Corporate Executive Board, which is supervised and advised by a Supervisory Board. The two boards are accountable to the General Meeting of Shareholders.
The Company is structured to effectively execute its strategy and to balance local, continental and global decision-making. It is comprised of a Corporate Center and two continental platforms, Ahold Europe and Ahold USA, each of which contains a number of operating companies.
The following diagram shows the governance structure of Ahold and its businesses. A list of subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates is included in Note 36 to the consolidated financial statements in this Annual Report.
