Daniela Seabrook to succeed Ronald de Jong as Philips’ Chief Human Resources Officer
August 26 2019 - 5:00AM
August 26, 2019
Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Royal Philips
(NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today
announced that Daniela Seabrook will succeed Ronald de Jong as
Chief Human Resources Officer, effective January 1, 2020. In this
role, Mrs. Seabrook will join Philips’ Executive Committee and
report to CEO Frans van Houten. Mr. de Jong, who joined Philips in
1990, made a personal decision to retire from the company to enable
a lifestyle change.
“I respect and support Ronald’s decision to retire from
corporate life after a successful career at Philips and I want to
warmly thank him for his outstanding contributions over nearly
thirty years,’’ said Frans van Houten, CEO of Royal Philips. “He
has played an important role in the transformation of our company
into a health technology leader. Although Ronald will retire from
Philips, I am delighted to say that he will remain Chair of the
Philips Foundation and thereby continue to play an active role in
helping us to deliver on our mission of improving the lives of 3
billion people a year by 2030. On behalf of Philips’ Executive
Committee, I would like to wish him all the best.
At the same time, I am very pleased to announce Daniela Seabrook
as Ronald’s successor. She will bring a wealth of experience to her
new role, gained in senior HR positions supporting businesses,
markets and corporate functions in various leading
companies.”
Mrs. Seabrook is currently Group Head People and Organizational
Development at the leading global agriculture company Syngenta. She
holds a PhD in organizational psychology and change management from
the University of Basel, Switzerland.
For further information, please
contact:
Ben ZwirsPhilips Global Press OfficeTel.: +31 6 15213446E-mail:
ben.zwirs@philips.com
Ksenija GonciarenkoPhilips Investor RelationsTel.: +31 20 59
77055E-mail: ksenija.gonciarenko@philips.com
About Royal PhilipsRoyal Philips (NYSE: PHG,
AEX: PHIA) is a leading health technology company focused on
improving people's health and enabling better outcomes across the
health continuum from healthy living and prevention, to diagnosis,
treatment and home care. Philips leverages advanced technology and
deep clinical and consumer insights to deliver integrated
solutions. Headquartered in the Netherlands, the company is a
leader in diagnostic imaging, image-guided therapy, patient
monitoring and health informatics, as well as in consumer health
and home care. Philips generated 2018 sales of EUR 18.1 billion and
employs approximately 78,000 employees with sales and services in
more than 100 countries. News about Philips can be found at
www.philips.com/newscenter.
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