Jeroen B. J. M. Hunfeld

Koninklijke Vendex KBB NV is one of the leading non-food retailer in the Netherlands, and is expanding abroad with various shop formats. The company is active in seven countries: the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Germany, France and Spain. Vendex KBB incorporates fifteen shop formats, with a total of almost 1,800 stores. The group was formed from Magazijn de Bijenkorf, which was founded in 1870, and Vroom & Dreesmann, which was founded in 1887. Over the years, both of these Amsterdam-based companies developed into leading players in the Dutch retail sector.

Caringo, Inc. develops diagnostic devices to monitor inflammation and immune status. Its products include Swarm storage software, SwarmNFS, Unified storage software, CloudScaler, FileFly, FileScaler and BlockScaler. The company was founded by Mark D. Goros, Jonathan Ring, and Paul Carpentier in 2005 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Albert Heijn BV engages in the operation of food retail stores. Its concepts include ah.nl, AH XL, and AH To Go. The company was founded by Albert Heijn on May 27, 1887 and is headquartered in Zaandam, the Netherlands.

Jamin Winkelbedrijf BV operates a chain of confectionery stores that provides candies and nuts. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in Oosterhout, the Netherlands.

Vroegop Ruhe & Co. BV operates as holding company with interest in sale of food products. It distributes groceries, fruits, and vegetables though its companies De Kweker and Vroegop-Windig. The company is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Italo Suisse, Belgian chocolate creators since 1923, and is a manufacturer of Belgian chocolate and serves leading retailers and clients all over the world. Their mission is to create premium Belgian chocolate products for key accounts and chocolate lovers all over the world a mission in which they combine 85 years of family tradition with contemporary expertise and excellence in production and innovation. Quality is at the forefront of what they do in all aspects All of their co-workers are instilled with quality oriented thinking and stand ready to answer customers questions and fulfill wishes. They are fully aware of the rapidly changing consumer and shopper behavior, and seek to respond to these developments with their innovations.