René Dahan

Royal Ahold NV engages in the food retailing and operation of supermarket. It operates through the following geographical segments: Ahold USA, The Netherlands, and Czech Republic. The company was founded by Albert Heijn on May 27, 1887 and is headquartered in Zaandam, Netherlands.

VNU NV provides publishing and information services. It is a market research company and measures retail sales of consumer-packaged goods, and study consumer attitudes and behavior and also measure audiences for television, motion pictures, radio, print, the Internet, and other major media. The company tracks the sale of CDs, videos, DVDs and books, and monitor where and how advertising money is spent. It delivers news and vital information through trade publications, trade shows and websites. VNU’s headquarters are located in Haarlem, The Netherlands.

Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd. operates as a sovereign wealth fund. It invests in financial services, telecommunications, media, technology, consumer, real estate, transportation, industrials, life sciences, agri business, energy and resources. The firm specializes in growth capital, restructuring and divestiture transactions. The company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Singapore.