Former Vice President of the European Commission

Neelie Kroes is serving at the Salesforce Board of Directors since May 2016. Ms Kroes is the former Vice President and European Commissioner for Competition from 2004 to 2010 and European Commission for Digital Agenda from 2010 to 2014. Prior to joining the European Commission, Ms Kroes served in the Dutch House of Representatives and as State Secretary and Cabinet Minister.

Within the past five years, Ms. Kroes served on the advisory boards of Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Uber Technologies, Inc. She previously served on the boards of Lucent Netherlands, AB Volvo, and McDonald’s Netherlands, and was Chairperson of Nyenrode University. She was also a member of the Finance Committee of Rijksmuseum Fonds (Amsterdam). Ms. Kroes received her M.S. in economics from Erasmus University.