Technology >> CEO Interviews >> October 16, 2000
CEES VAN LUIJK was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of
Getronics on 1 May 1999. He joined the company in March 1999 following a
distinguished career with Coopers & Lybrand and its successor
organisation PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the world's leading
accounting and consulting firms. Mr van Luijk was a prominent member of
the team that negotiated the July 1998 merger of Coopers & Lybrand and
Price Waterhouse. Following the merger he became a global leader of
PricewaterhouseCoopers' practice that provided a full range of services
to middle market companies, including audit, tax, legal and management
consulting services. Between 1995 and 1998, Mr van Luijk was Chairman of
Coopers & Lybrand Europe. He built up the firm's strength throughout
Europe to the level of 30,000 professionals. As of 1992,he also served
as a member of the Board of Directors of Coopers & Lybrand
International. In 1989, he directed the merger of Coopers & Lybrand in
the Netherlands with the firm of Dijker van Dien. This combination
augmented the Dutch organisation of Coopers & Lybrand from 400 to 4,000
professionals. Mr van Luijk was elected Vice Chairman of the Dutch firm
in 1991 and served as Chairman from 1992 to 1998. He managed the
operation through a cycle of realignment and growth to its position as
the leading firm in the Netherlands, with more than 5,000 professionals
in 1998. Mr van Luijk joined Coopers' audit staff after graduating form
Erasmus University in Rotterdam in 1975 with a degree in Business
Economics. He became a Chartered Accountant in 1976 and a Coopers &
Lybrand partner in 1982. In 1988, he was elevated to Coopers & Lybrand's
Executive Management Team in the Netherlands. Profile
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Mr. van Luijk: Getronics is a company that is more than 100 years old,
and it has during those 100
