Number of meetings and attendance rate

The Supervisory Board met twelve times and had two meetings by telephone in 2019. All meetings were also attended by the full Board of Management, apart from the agenda item Supervisory Board only. Nine meetings were held at PostNL's head office in The Hague, one meeting was held at the IMEC in The Hague, one at the location of Stibbe in Amsterdam and one at the location of the 2019 AGM in The Hague. Additionally, the Supervisory Board organised five informal dinners of which four took place at locations not related to PostNL, and one took place at the PostNL's head office in The Hague.

The individual attendance and overall attendance percentages per meeting can be found in the table below.

PostNL Attendance Supervisory Board members
2019

Name

Supervisory Board (meetings only)

Supervisory Board (incl. conference calls)

Audit Committee

Nomination Committee

Remuneration Committee

Jan Nooitgedagt1

12/12

14/14

-

6/6

3/3

Jacques Wallage

10/12

12/14

-

5/6

4/5

Eelco Blok

12/12

13/14

5/5

-

5/5

Marc Engel2

10/10

11/12

3/3

-

4/4

Agnes Jongerius

11/12

13/14

-

6/6

-

Marike van Lier Lels3

8/8

9/9

4/4

-

-

Thessa Menssen

12/12

14/14

5/5

6/6

-

Frank Rövekamp

10/12

12/14

-

6/6

-

Overall attendance rate

94%

93%

100%

97%

94%

  • 1 Mr Nooitgedagt also attended meetings of the Audit Committee as observer.
  • 2 Mr Engel stepped down from his position as per 1 October 2019, only meetings during his tenure are taken into account.
  • 3 Ms Van Lier Lels was appointed as member of the Supervisory Board as per 16 April 2019, only meetings during her tenure are taken into account.