Primary Job Title Advisory Board Primary Organization The Carlyle Group
Gender Male
CEES VAN LEDE is the Chairman of the Board of Management of Akzo Nobel NV. Prior to this, he was Deputy Chairman. Mr van Lede was Vice President of UNICE (Union of Industrial and Employer's Confederations of Europe) before joining Akzo Nobel, from 1991 to 1994. From 1984 to 1991 he was Chairman of Federation of Dutch Industries. Mr van Lede
started his career in Shell International Petroleum Company, and then joined McKinsey & Company Management Consultants. Mr van Lede graduated from INSEAD in 1967 and holds an MA in Law from the University of Leiden, in the Netherlands.
