Board of Supervisory Directors

The Supervisory Board is non-executive and has the formal task to oversee the operations of Nedstat's executive directors.

Evert H. Smid, Chairman
Mr. Smid has served as a member of Nedstat's Supervisory Board since June 2005. He is the Founder and Managing Director of Eehaes Participaties, a strategic consultancy and investment management company. From 1987 to 1996 Mr. Smid was a director of Atlas Investment Group, a leading international venture capital organisation which he co-founded. Previously Mr. Smid worked as a Senior Investment Manager at NMB-Participatie and originally started his career working for NMB Postbank, a subsidiary of the ING Group. Mr. Smid is a member of the Supervisory Board of Advanced Laser Separation International (ALSI), AMIS Holding and Album Printer Beheer.

Mr Smid obtained his degree in Business Economics at the University of Groningen.

Sake Bosch
Mr Bosch served as a member of Nedstat's Supervisory Board since November 2004. He is Managing Partner of Prime Technology Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in European companies in the information and communication technology sectors, that he founded in 1999. From 1994 until 1999 he was senior principal at Holland Venture, responsible for managing investments in technology companies. Mr Bosch is a member of the Supervisory Boards of 3mensio, Medical Imaging, MarketXS, Siennax International, Tridion and Watermark.

Mr Bosch obtained his Msc degree in Business Administration from the Open University and his Bachelor of Arts degree in management science and industrial engineering from the Technical College (HTS) in Alkmaar, the Netherlands.

Bernard Doorenbos
Mr Doorenbos served as a member of Nedstat's Supervisory Board since May 2001. From 1997 until recent, he served as CEO for the Dutch companies Axxicon, Neways and Vilenzo respectively. Currently mr Doorenbos is CEO of JéWé. From 1984 until 1997, he fulfilled various management functions for Philips and Thomson CSF. Mr Doorenbos is a member of the Supervisory Boards of Axxicon and Nedcon.

Mr Doorenbos has been Officer at the Royal Netherlands Navy. He also obtained his Msc in Electronics from the Technical University of Delft and his degree in Business Economics form the University of Amsterdam (UVA).