Appointment of CFO Beter Bed Holding N.V.
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
The Supervisory Board of Beter Bed Holding N.V. intends to request the Annual
General Meeting of Shareholders on 25 April 2013 to approve the appointment of
Bart Koops (55) as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Statutory Director. Duncan
van Hoeve, who has held the position of Financial Director of Beter Bed Holding
N.V. since 1 September 2009, will be leaving the company in late March 2013
after fifteen years of service.
Bart Koops will join the holding on 1 April 2013. The proposed appointment will
be submitted to the Works Council in accordance with the applicable laws and
regulations.
Bart Koops began his career in 1985 at Van Dien & Co as an accountant and EDP
auditor. Following a brief interlude in the insurance sector at Prudential Leven
NV, from 1994 onwards he fulfilled management and board positions at various
Vendex-KBB subsidiaries, including De Bijenkorf Department Store, Hema and M&S
Mode. He was appointed CFO of the Etam Group in 2006. From 2008 through 2011, he
served in the Middle East as CFO of the Retail Division of M.H. Alshaya Co WLL.
He has worked as a consultant since returning to the Netherlands, holding posts
including interim CFO at Selexyz Boekhandels BV, CEO at AT5 Amsterdam and
project manager at De Bijenkorf Department Store. He holds a degree in Business
Economics and Accountancy from the VU University Amsterdam.
Profile
Beter Bed Holding N.V. operates in the European bedroom furnishings market. Its
activities include retail trade through a total of 1,214 stores at the end of
September 2012 that operate via the chains Beter Bed (the Netherlands and
Belgium), Matratzen Concord (Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands,
Belgium and Poland), El Gigante del Colchón (Spain), BeddenREUS, Slaapgenoten
(both active in the Netherlands) and Schlafberater.com (Germany). Beter Bed
Holding is also engaged in developing and wholesaling branded products in the
bedroom furnishings sector in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Austria,
Switzerland, Turkey and in the United Kingdom via its subsidiary DBC
International. Beter Bed Holding achieved net revenue of ? 397.0 million in
2011. A total of 63% of the group's net revenue is generated outside the
Netherlands. The company has been listed on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam since
December 1996. Beter Bed Holding shares are traded on the Amsterdam Small Cap
Index.
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For more information, please contact: Ton Anbeek, Chief Executive Officer
Tel. +31 (0)413 338819 / Fax +31 (0)413 338829 / Mob. +31 (0)6 53662838
E-mail: ton.anbeek(at)beterbed.nl / Website: www.beterbedholding.com
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press release 19-12-2012.pdf:
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Datum: 19.12.2012 - 08:00 Uhr
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