Bio

Peter Paul de Vries is a major shareholder and chairman of the board of Value8. Peter Paul studied Business Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam. From October 1989 to October 2007, he worked at the Vereniging van Effectenbezitters, the last 12 years of which as director. In that position he has gained extensive and relevant experience and knowledge in the field of assessment and monitoring of listed companies, corporate governance, investor relations and mergers and acquisitions. In this position he has also built up a valuable network in business and in particular the financial sector. Peter Paul was a key member of the Tabaksblat Committee (2003-2004), Chairman of the pan-European organization of shareholder associations Euroshareholders (2005-2009) and member of the Market Participants Panel of the pan-European stock market surveillance organization CESR. Peter Paul was also a member of the Supervisory Board of Euronext Amsterdam. Peter Paul is currently a member of the Recommendation Committee of the Juliana Children's Hospital Foundation and a member of the Supervisory Board of SnowWorld and HeadFirst Source. Peter Paul is also a director at IEX Group NV (non-executive director), MKB Nedsense and Sucraf NV.