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Philips executive vice-president and chief operating officer Gerard Kleisterlee seen during interview in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. August 25, 2003. Dutch Philips Electronics NV on Tuesday said signs of an economic recovery that
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Bilderberg UK - Gerard Johannes Kleisterlee (b. 1946) Bilderberg 2002, 06 Chairman of Vodafone, and the former president and CEO of Philips. Jesuit. Wharton Business School. Kleisterlee joined Philips Components in 1986.
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