Ir. J.M. Kroon (1957, Dutch) 1 January 2002 Mel Kroon has been appointed as TenneT Holding B.V.’s Chief Executive Officer. Previously, from 1997 to 2002 Mel Kroon held the position of Managing Director of Hooge Huys Verzekeringen N.V., part of the Utrecht-based SNS Reaal Insurance Group, where in 1999 he was appointed Deputy Chair of the Executive Board of SNS Reaal Insurance. Having studied aeronautical and aerospace engineering at Delft University of Technology, Mel Kroon went on to complete his Master’s in Business Administration at Rochester University/Erasmus University in Rotterdam. His career first took off at Fokker Aircraft N.V., where he held a variety of posts including that of Vice President for Marketing. He then transferred, first to Holec N.V. as Director for Marketing & Sales of the Traction Division, then to the SNS Reaal Insurance Group. Other positions qualitate qua Chairman Supervisory Board TenneT TSO GmbH, Member Supervisory Board EPEX SPOT, Chairman Supervisory Board NOVEC B.V. Other positions Member of the Board Dutch-German Chamber of Commerce, Member of the Supervisory Board Coöperatie VGZ. Other positions (Restrictive arrangements according to Wet Bestuur en Toezicht apply) Member Supervisory Board TKH Group N.V., Member Supervisory Board Ivy Infrastructure TopCo B.V.