Adrie Beerepoot (born 1965) started his professional career in 1989 at the audit department of Peat Marwick Nederland, The Hague (now known as KPMG Accountants N.V.) after having completed his university degree (Masters) in Business Economics at the University of Amsterdam and he completed his post-graduate CPA (“registeraccountant”) studies at the same university. In 1993 he was requested by the director of NCS Management Company B.V. to join the team (later re-named NCS Benelux B.V., “NCS”) as General Manager. Early 2005 NCS was sold to NV Algemeen Nederlands Trustkantoor ANT (“ANT”) of which Beerepoot became director (CFO) responsibility Finance, IT, HR and Strategy.