Royal DSM N.V. announces the following:

Jo van den Hanenberg, at present Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO), will retire as of 1 January 2008. Mr. van den Hanenberg has been leading the global transformation of the ICT organization within DSM, the implementation of a company-wide ICT infrastructure, the implementation of standard business processes based on SAP, the disentanglement of Roche Vitamins & Fine Chemicals and the integration of these business entities into DSM ICT.

As of the same date Aloys Kregting will succeed Jo van den Hanenberg as Chief Information Officer at DSM. Mr Kregting has extensive experience in ICT, which he gained in various positions in organizations such as KPN, Unilever and Numico.