Background
DEKKER, W. was born on April 26, 1924 in Eind hoven.
DEKKER, W. was born on April 26, 1924 in Eind hoven.
Joined Philips, South.E. Asia Regional Bureau 1948, Manager 1956-1959, with Indonesian Philips company 1948-1966, Manager Far East Regional Bureau 1959-1966, General Manager Philips in Far East, Tokyo 1966-1972. Director 1972-1976; President since 1982.
Minister of Economics Affairs.
Chairman Supervisory Board Maatschappij voor Industriele Projecten:. Professor, of Institute Manager, University of Leiden.
Founder European Roundtable of Industrialists 1983, Chairman since 1988. Honorary Doctor of Laws (University of Strathclyde) 1976, Honorary degree (Technology University of Delft) 1987.
Honorary C.B.E.; Goldenes Ehrenzeichen fur Verdienste urn das Land Wien (Vienna).
Commander. Commander Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur"honneur. Cavaliere di Gran Croce dell’Ordine al Merito, Italy.
Board British Philips 1972, Chair, and Manager. Board of Manager North.V. Philips’ Gloeilampenfabrieken 1976-1982, Chair, and Supervisory Board Dresdner Bank, Germany, AMRO Bank, Netherlands.
Institute Advisory" Board Allianz Versicherungs AG, Germany, Volvo, Sweden.
Board Fiat, Italy; Institute Advisory Committee Chase Manhattan Bank, New New York Advisory Board Montedison, Italy.
Advisory Committee for Investments of Foreign Companies in the Netherlands to Atlantic Advisory Council, United Technologies Corporation, United States of America.
European Advisory Committee New York Stock Exchange.
Special Advisory Group, United Nations Industrial Development Organization. Tinbergen Institute, Rotterdam.