Dudley Eustace

Dudley Graham Eustace (3 July 1936 – 11 July 2024) was a British businessman specialized in financial restructuring who held many executive functions in Dutch companies.

He was vice-president and CFO of Philips[1] where he was second-in-command to CEO Cor Boonstra. He resigned in 1999.[2] In November 1999, he was appointed chairman of the board of Smith & Nephew.[3] He was named interim chief financial officer of Ahold in 2003 to restructure finances after the company's $880m fraud scandal.[4][5]

Eustace joined the supervisory board of Aegon in 1997, eventually becoming Chairman of the board until his 2010 resignation.[6] He sat at the board of VNU, now called The Nielsen Company, from 2006 to 2009.[7] He was also Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of KPN,[8] Vice-Chairman of Hagemeyer and was a member of the Supervisory Board of Stork N.V.

Eustace died on 11 July 2024, at the age of 88.[9]

References

  1. ^ "UPDATE 2-Court names former Dutch PM Kok to Stork board". Reuters. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Twee jaar Boonstra: twee jaar onrust". Trouw (in Dutch). 20 May 1999. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  3. ^ "New top man at Nephew". This is Money. 10 November 1999. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  4. ^ "Ahold Taps Dudley Eustace To Be Firm's Interim CFO". Wall Street Journal. 11 March 2003. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  5. ^ CROUCH, GREGORY (9 May 2003). "Royal Ahold Says Fraud Was Worse Than Thought". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  6. ^ "Rob Routs to succeed Dudley Eustace as chairman of Aegon's Supervisory Board in 2010". www.aegon.com. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  7. ^ "Executive Transactions". Sports Business Journal. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Dudley Eustace". Profiles. Forbes. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  9. ^ "Eustace, Dudley Graham". The Times. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.


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