Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 22 December 2009
The Vopak Supervisory Board will nominate Mr Frits Eulderink for appointment to Vopak’s Executive Board for a period of four years during the Annual General Meeting (the “AGM”) of Shareholders to be held on 27 April 2010. It is the intention that as of this date Mr Eulderink will succeed Mr Frans de Koning as member of the Executive Board, whose term will expire after the AGM of 2010. In advance of approval by the shareholders Mr Eulderink will start his activities at Vopak on 11 January 2010.
Frits Eulderink (48) was until recently Vice President Unconventional Oil at Shell in North America. In 1990 he joined Shell, where he held various technical and management positions in the Netherlands, North America, Africa and the Middle-East, amongst others in the field of Exploration & Production. Mr Eulderink completed masters degrees in Mathematics and in Astronomy and a PhD in Astrophysics at Leiden University in the Netherlands.
As a Vopak board member, Mr Eulderink will in particular focus his attention on LNG, Procurement, Safety, Operational Efficiency and Sustainable Development.
Profile Vopak
Royal Vopak is the world’s largest independent tank terminal operator specializing in the storage and handling of liquid and gaseous chemical and oil products. On request, Vopak can provide complementary logistics services for customers at its terminals. Vopak operates 79 terminals with a storage capacity of 27.7 million cbm in 31 countries. The terminals are strategically located for users and the major shipping routes. The majority of its customers are companies operating in the chemical and oil industries, for which Vopak stores a large variety of products destined for a wide range of industries.